KNOUT


Meaning of KNOUT in English

/nowt/ , n.

1. a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.

v.t.

2. to flog with the knout.

[ 1710-20; knut, ORuss knutr knot ]

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