A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

To flog or beat with a knout.

A leather scourge. / A flogging with a knout.

present participle of knout

simple past tense and past participle of knout

plural of knout

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knout

plural of knouting

plural of knouter

One who wields a knout, especially a Russian official who uses it to administer punishment.