нага́йка — meaning in English

English meaning

• knout 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.
• lash noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

Senses

нага́йка is used for these senses in English:

• knout 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.
• lash The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
• nagaika A short, thick braided whip with a round cross-section, used by the Cossacks.

lash — full definition

1. noun A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
2. noun A strike delivered with a whip, or the flexible cord of a whip itself.
3. verb To hit hard with a whip or something similarly flexible.
4. verb To tie something down tightly with rope or cord.

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