Beating, striking; also figurative the giving of a sharp ‘rap’ in speech. (See bob, n.3 2) Hence bobbing-block.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-block (3) bobbing-block1526 Beating, striking; also figurative the giving of a sharp ‘rap’ in speech. (See bob, n.3 2) Hence bobbing-block. whipping-blocka1877 a block on which offenders are laid to be whipped. whipping-bench1906 a bench on which offenders are laid to be whipped. |
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