knout

(Englisch)

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.

Verb

To flog or beat with a knout.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/naʊt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Knute

Peitsche

Synonyme

whip

scourge

horsewhip

lash

cudgel

switch

truncheon

quirt

flagellum

Übersetzungen

knout

knoet

μαστίγιο

knut

κνούτο

knut

bicz

knut

virga

lorum

flagellum

zweep

bat

nahajka

chicote