cat-o'-nine-tails

English - Turkish

Definition of cat-o'-nine-tails in English Turkish dictionary

dokuz kamçılı kırbaç

dokuz kamçılı kırbaç

English - English

Definition of cat-o'-nine-tails in English English dictionary

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.

A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies

a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat

whip with nine straps

a whip made of nine knotted strings, used in the past for punishing people

Etymology

() From cat + of + nine + tail, attested 1695.