kurbashn.
/ˈkʊəbaʃ/, U.S. /ˈkʊrˌbɑʃ/, /ˌkʊrˈbɑʃ/ A whip made of hide, esp. that of the hippopotamus; formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Turkey, Egypt, and the Sudan.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > of hide
tarleather1566
plet1781
cow-skin1789
sjambok1790
kurbash1814
chabouk1817
cowhide1818
hide1851
kiboko1898
chicote1903
1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 40 A Corbage, which consists of a strap of the skin of the hippopotamus, about a yard in length.
1842 R. R. Madden United Irishmen I. xi. 337 Persons subjected to the torture of the ‘courbash’, in Damascus.
1866 E. Lott Harem Life Egypt II. 90 I soon after heard stifled cries, and a cracking of the courbache.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 189 It is the peculiar mission of the hippopotamus to supply Kurbashes for the backs of the natives.
1885 Mrs. E. Sartorius In the Soudan viii. 129 An unlimited application of the koorbash.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 11 Aug. 107/3 To plead urgently for the abolition of the kurbash.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kurbashv.
/ˈkʊəbaʃ/, U.S. /ˈkʊrˌbɑʃ/, /ˌkʊrˈbɑʃ/ transitive. To flog with the kurbash.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge > soundly or severely
scourge1297
bebreech1617
horsewhip1768
cart-whip1788
knout1790
stripe1843
quirt1846
kurbash1850
blacksnake1864
bullwhip1876
sjambok1881
1850 Punch's Alm. for 1851. 7 He [the Persian Prince] had one of his attendants courbashed or flogged yesterday.
1884 Clifford Lloyd in Times 30 June 8/2 The Mudir had seized 77 sheikhs and other respectable men,..and had kourbashed and tortured them all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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