cat-o'-nine-tails
noun[S]
uk/ˌkæt.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈnaɪn.teɪlz/(informalcat)awhip(= along,thindeviceforhitting)made fromropethat has nineends, that was usedespeciallyin the past forhittingpeopletopunishthem
（旧时用于体罚的）九尾鞭Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- caning
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flagellation
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- mortification of the fleshidiom
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- thrashing
- thumbscrew
- waterboard
- waterboarding
- whip
- whipping