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knouting

knouting

English

Noun

knouting ‎(plural knoutings)

  1. A leather scourge.
  2. A flogging with a knout.
    The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising

Verb

knouting

  1. present participle of knout

Etymology

Old Norse (knūtr), a knot in a cord.

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