The end of a rope; (historical) a short piece of rope used for flogging, esp. for flogging a sailor.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > rope (6) rope's enda1475 The end of a rope; (historical) a short piece of rope used for flogging, esp. for flogging a sailor. rope-end1583 = rope's end, n. salt eel1622 a rope's end; compared to the tail of an eel. colt1780 Nautical. A piece of rope used as an instrument of chastisement. teaser1910 Nautical slang. A knotted rope's end. Subcategories:— knot in (1) |
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