knout in English
noun
1
(in imperial Russia) a whip used to inflict punishment, often causing death.
Hugo Haase told the French socialists that ‘what the Prussian boot means to you, the Russian knout means to us’.
verb
1
flog (someone) with a knout.
Use "knout" in a sentence
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1. He was persuaded to confess by 25 blows of the knout—a favourite Russian instrument of chastisement—on the first day, and 15 on the second.