cat-o'-nine-tails

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

   “But I do tell you one thing, if you ſhould give ſuch Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid croſs your Shoulders.”

2. isim A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.