CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS


Meaning of CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS in English

cat-o'-nine-tails /ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz/ BrE AmE noun [singular]

a whip made of nine knotted strings, used in the past for punishing people

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.