‘A strip of raw sheep-skin (cut from the belly of the skin when it was newly flayed), salted and dried, and cut up into thongs for ties or…
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > of hide (10) tarleather1566 ‘A strip of raw sheep-skin (cut from the belly of the skin when it was newly flayed), salted and dried, and cut up into thongs for ties or… plet1781 A heavy whip, sometimes loaded with lead, formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia. Cf. knout, n. cow-skin1789 A whip of raw hide; = cowhide, n. 3. sjambok1790 A strong and heavy whip made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide, used in South Africa for driving cattle and sometimes for administering chastisement. kurbash1814 A whip made of hide, esp. that of the hippopotamus; formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Turkey, Egypt, and the Sudan. chabouk1817 A (Persian) horse-whip. Formerly commonly anglicized as chawbuck, n. cowhide1818 U.S. A strong whip made of the raw or dressed hide of the cow. Cf. rawhide, v. hide1851 A whip made of a beast's hide. Cf. cowhide, n. 3. kiboko1898 In Africa: a strong heavy whip made of hippopotamus hide, often used as an instrument of punishment during the period of German colonization. Cf. sj… chicote1903 A long whip of leather or hide, having a wooden handle, used in the Congo, the former Portuguese colonies of Africa, and elsewhere. |
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