tawse

taws


noun
  1. a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher

verb
  1. to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip

Origin of tawse

1
C16: probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see taw ²

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