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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To flog or beat with a knout.
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noun
a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: whip
History
Via 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.
Across languages
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