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knout in Polish

knout in Polish is knut, bicz, nahajka — knout means a whip with several leather tails, once infamously used for punishment in Russia under the tsars; a harsher version had metal weights fixed to each tail.

knout in Polish

knut
noun
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.
bicz
noun
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.
nahajka
noun
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.

What does "knout" mean?

  1. noun A whip with several leather tails, once infamously used for punishment in Russia under the tsars; a harsher version had metal weights fixed to each tail.
    "The lieutenant gave him twenty strokes of the knout and stuck him in a cage for a few days till the snow was ankle deep."
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knout in a sentence

  • The lieutenant gave him twenty strokes of the knout and stuck him in a cage for a few days till the snow was ankle deep.

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What is "knout" in Polish?
"knout" in Polish is knut, bicz, nahajka. knout means: A whip with several leather tails, once infamously used for punishment in Russia under the tsars; a harsher version had metal weights fixed to each tail.
Are there other ways to say "knout" in Polish?
Yes — Polish has 3 translations listed for "knout": knut, bicz, nahajka.
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