Knout

[naut]

Definition

(noun.) a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.

Edited by Griffith--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

(v. t.) To punish with the knout.

Checker: Rene

Definition

n. a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia: punishment inflicted by the knout.

Edited by Hugh