| 释义 |
ˈbirching, vbl. n.
[f. birch v. + -ing1.]
A whipping with a birch rod, a flogging. † to send one to Birching (Birchin, Birchen) Lane: i.e. for a whipping (with a punning reference to Birchin Lane in London). Nares.
a1845Hood To I. Walton 33, I poked his rods and lines in the fire, and his father gave him a birching. |