cat-o-nine-tails

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الإنجليزية - التركية
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cat o' nine tails
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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
an instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

cat-o'-nine-tails
A whip having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment

If you should give such language at sea, you'd have a cat-o’-nine-tails laid cross your shoulders.

cat-o'-nine-tails
A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies
cat o nine tails
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cat-o'-nine-tails
a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat
cat-o'-nine-tails
whip with nine straps
cat-o'-nine-tails
a whip made of nine knotted strings, used in the past for punishing people