knout
/naʊt/
noun
- A whip made of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for punishment.
- In history books, the knout is described as a brutal instrument of torture.
- The cruel ruler ordered the prisoner to be beaten with a knout.
- The museum displayed an old knout used during the tsarist era.
verb
- To beat or whip someone with a knout.
- The guards would knout anyone who disobeyed the czar's orders.
- In the novel, the villain threatens to knout the hero for stealing bread.
- Historians say the punishment was to knout the offender until they lost consciousness.
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