knout
A leather scourge, in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
Knute
кнутknut, нага́йкаnagájka, хлыстxlyst
- a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
Translations
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Origin
Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old NoVia French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus.
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