knout

Meanings

Noun

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

Verb

To flog or beat with a knout.

Origin

Via French, from Russian кнут,from Old East Slavic кнутъ, from Old Norse knútr. knot.

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