Knout

(noun.) a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.

格里菲思校对

• Alas for the knout! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Torture in a public school is as much licensed as the knout in Russia. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

阿奇校对