Knout

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Knout in use

A knout (rhymes with "boot") is a heavy scourge-like whip, usually made of a bunch of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated.

The English word stems from the French transliteration of the Russian word knut, which in turn comes from Old Norse knūtr, a knot.


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