knout

A leather scourge used for flogging.

To flog with a knout.

A whip or scourge formerly used in Russia for the punishment of the worst criminals.

To punish with the knout or whip.

A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

To punish with the knout.

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.

To flog or beat with a knout.

a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners