knout

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/naʊt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

frusta

knut

sinonimi

whip

scourge

horsewhip

lash

cudgel

switch

truncheon

quirt

flagellum

Traduzioni

knout

knoet

Knute

knut

bicz

μαστίγιο

knut

κνούτο

lorum

flagellum

zweep

bat

nahajka

chicote

cnute