cat-o'-nine-tails

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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

Связанные Термины

cat-o-nine-tails
an instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
cat o nine tails
See under Cat