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What (who) is knout$42683$ - definition
SCOURGE-LIKE MULTIPLE WHIP
Great knout; Knouter
Knout
·vt To punish with the knout.
II. Knout ·noun 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.
Knout
A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a series of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут (knut), which simply means "whip".
knout
[na?t]
¦ noun (in imperial Russia) a whip used for punishment.
¦ verb flog with such a whip.
Origin
C17: via Fr. from Russ. knut, from ON knutr; related to knot1.
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Knout
A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a series of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут (knut), which simply means "whip".
