society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > with rope (5)
transitive. To beat with a ‘colt’ (see colt, n.1 5).
transitive. Nautical. To beat with a rope's end or light cane. Cf. starter, n. 7. Now historical.
transitive. To flog with a rope's end.
transitive. = rope's-end, v.