lashing

noun4

1. •
   The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.
2. •
   [in the plural] (UK, informal) Lots; a great amount.

   • You bring happiness to my heart Like a freshly baked apple tart With lashings of piping-hot custard — 2017
3. •
   Something used to tie something or lash it to something.

   • The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
4. •
   The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).