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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'knout' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions knout noun  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. 1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. " Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers 2005: The lieutenant gave him twenty strokes of the and stuck him in a cage for a few days till the snow was ankle deep. " James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 193) Translations:  Dutch: knoet French: knout German: Knute verb  To flog or beat with a knout. 1992: Different, isn"t it? It"s called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other. " Will Self, Cock and Bull Etymology: Via French, from Russian ÑÑ, from Old Norse knítr, "knot in a cord".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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