knout

/naʊt/
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Other forms: knouts

Definitions of knout
  1. noun
    a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
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    type of:
    whip
    an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
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