Knout

Word KNOUT
Character 5
Hyphenation knout
Pronunciations [nʌʊt]

Definitions and meanings of "Knout"

What do we mean by knout?

A leather scourge used for flogging. noun

To flog with a knout. transitive verb

To punish with the knout or whip.

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

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. noun

To punish with the knout. transitive verb

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. noun

To flog or beat with a knout. verb

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

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The word "knout" in example sentences

Like Catharine II., her envied contemporary, she consulted no ties of nature in the disposal of her children, -- a system more in character where the knout is the logician than among nations boasting higher civilization: indeed her rivalry with Catharine even made her grossly neglect their education. ❋ Various (N/A)

When Jason Philip came back from the inn, he said: “To believe that people can be ruled without the knout is a fatal delusion.” ❋ Jakob Wassermann (1903)

You peasants are getting too saucy since you ceased to be serfs, and the knout is the best school for you to learn politics in. ❋ Oscar Wilde (1877)

The knout was a large and strong whip, the lash of which consists of a tough, thick thong of leather, prepared in a particular way, so as greatly to increase the intensity of the agony caused by the blows inflicted with it. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

The knout is a terrible i fli6tion ufed in this country. ❋ Unknown (1790)

"knout" partakes a good deal of this same character of suffering. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

He said that one of his purposes in staying in town, was to 'knout' me every day ” didn't he? ❋ Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 (1898)

Naass swept the blanket from his shoulders, disclosing the gnarled and twisted flesh, marked with the unmistakable striations of the knout. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As the old Russian fable had it, the Tsar was a saintly man, and the injustices suffered daily by the mouzhiks, whose lot was starvation and the knout, were taking place only because his evil advisors were failing to keep him informed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There were Indians that ran away, and when they were caught they were brought back and spread-eagled before the fort, where they and their tribe learned the efficacy of the knout. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They had died -- of fever, in the mines, under the knout. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There had been no outlet for escape, and he could not go back the way he had come, for the mines and the knout awaited him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A Russian man-of-war, with Gunderson and Unga aboard, took Naas and others prisoner to a Russian port where he and his comrades were imprisoned in salt mines and scarred by the knout. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And the stripes upon his prison clothes shall lash you like the knout! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Contrition not being my style, and useless anyway, I let the storm blow itself out, and later, having ensured that La Prentice was snug in her lair - polishing her knout and sup-ping gin on the sly, I daresay - I raided the pantry and smuggled gingerbread and lemonade to the grandlings 'bed-room, where at their insistence I regaled them with the story of John Brown (suitably edited for tender ears). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Cossack stood opposite the bench with its howling victim, took the knout in both hands, and swept it back over his shoulder so that its hideous lash trailed behind him in the snow. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

Has anyone ever seen the knout, or the butuks, * (* Press for crushing feet.) used on my estate? ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

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