knout [nʌʊt]noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •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.In Moscow, a Court carbonadoes / His ignorant serfs with the knout; / […] / But Eton has crueller terrors / Than these,—in the Windsor Express. — 1832 verb1 •To flog or beat with a knout.Different, isn’t it? It’s called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other. — 1992 formsknouted · knouting · knouts
