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单词 cat-haul
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cat-hauln.

Etymology: cat n.1 Compounds 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcat-haul.
U.S.
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ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > tearing flesh with cat's claws
cat-haul1824
cat-hauling1844
1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 79 The cat-haul; that is, to fasten a slave down flatwise..and then to take a huge fierce tom-cat by the tail backward, and haul him down along the..bare back, with his claws clinging into the quick all the way.

Derivatives

ˈcat-haul v. (transitive) to subject to this punishment; figurative to examine stringently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)]
through-seekOE
gropea1250
to search outa1382
ensearch1382
boltc1386
examinea1387
ransackc1390
ripea1400
search1409
overreach?a1425
considerc1425
perquirec1460
examec1480
peruse?1520
grounda1529
study1528
oversearch1532
perscrute1536
scrute1536
to go over ——1537
scan1548
examinate1560
rifle1566
to consider of1569
excuss1570
ripe1573
sift1573
sift1577
to pry into ——1581
dive1582
rub1591
explore1596
pervestigate1610
dissecta1631
profound1643
circumspect1667
scrutinize1671
perscrutatea1679
introspect1683
rummage1690
reconnoitre1740
scrutinate1742
to look through1744
scrutiny1755
parse1788
gun1819
cat-haul1840
vivisect1876
scour1882
microscope1888
tooth-comb1893
X-ray1896
comb1904
fine-tooth comb1949
society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > tear flesh with cat's claws
cat-haul1840
1840 Congress. Globe 12 Jan. App. 99/2 White people of the South..hunting slaves with dogs and guns,—cat-hauling slaves, &c.
1881 Congress. Rec. 28 Feb. 2202/2 You begin to ransack and examine and cat-haul the whole navy, big and little.
1950 R. Starnes And when she was Bad xvii. 109 Brafferton's cathauling by the Harford Committee commanded a banner headline.
cat-hauling n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > tearing flesh with cat's claws
cat-haul1824
cat-hauling1844
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] > action of
sifting1579
cat-hauling1844
fine-tooth combing1887
scrutinization1922
1844–7 Chambers' Misc. Useful Tracts cxlix. 17 I saw a slave punished by cat-hauling. The cat was placed on the bare shoulders, and forcibly dragged by the tail down the back..of the prostrate slave.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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