knout
nounA leather scourge used for flogging.
transitive verbTo flog with a knout.
nounA whip or scourge formerly used in Russia for the punishment of the worst criminals.
To punish with the knout or whip.
nounA 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.
transitive verbTo punish with the knout.
nounA leather
To
a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners