knout

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

knoet

zweep

Synoniemen

whip

scourge

horsewhip

lash

cudgel

switch

truncheon

quirt

flagellum

Vertalingen

knout

Knute

knut

μαστίγιο

κνούτο

frusta

knut

virga

lorum

flagellum

chicote

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/naʊt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.