knout

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

whip

scourge

horsewhip

lash

cudgel

switch

truncheon

quirt

flagellum

Переводы

knout

knoet

Knute

knut

κνούτο

μαστίγιο

knut

virga

lorum

flagellum

zweep

Произносится как (IPA)

/naʊt/

Этимология (Английский)

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.