English Dictionary

tawse

/tɔːz/

noun

(chiefly Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.

He was punished with a tawse for misbehaving in class.

意味（1）

(chiefly Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.

I lay about me with the taws

That night and morning I may thrash

I lay about me with the taws That night and morning I may thrash Greek Alexander from my flesh, […]