knout

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Koncepcje

bicz

knut

bat

nahajka

Synonimy

whip

scourge

horsewhip

lash

cudgel

switch

truncheon

quirt

flagellum

Tłumaczenia

knout

knoet

Knute

κνούτο

μαστίγιο

knut

fouet

frusta

knut

virga

lorum

flagellum

zweep

chicote

cnute

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/naʊt/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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.