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Cat-o'-nine-tails   Listen
noun
cat-o'-nine-tails, Cat o' nine tails  n.  
1.
A whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back; called also the cat. It was used in the British Navy to maintain discipline on board sailing ships.
Synonyms: cat.





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"Cat-o'-nine-tails" Quotes from Famous Books



... a young man who was upon the deck stole a half minute glass which was in the binnacle, and was detected just as he was carrying it off. Mr Hicks, who was commanding officer on board, took it into his head to punish him, by giving him twelve lashes with a cat-o'-nine-tails; and accordingly ordered him to be taken to the gang-way, and tied up to the shrouds. When the other Indians who were on board saw him seized, they attempted to rescue him; and being resisted, called for their arms, which were handed up from the canoes, and the ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr
... demise, and agonising as to the uncertain sex of the baby, it did not matter. But now even that dear creature, Saint Julius, is beginning to pick up, and looks less as if his diet was mouldy peas and his favourite plaything a cat-o'-nine-tails. Scourge?—Yes, of course, but it's all the same in the application of the instrument, you know. And then in your secret soul, Mary dear," she added, not unkindly, "there's no denying it's far from obnoxious to you to spend a trifle of time ...
— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet
... a great man, I think," said Mrs. Dr. Allen. "I forgot how he looked when I heard him talking the other night at the debate in the schoolhouse about the flogging of sailors with the cat o' nine tails. He has a wonderful gift. If I were Ann I should be proud of his friendship and proud to go with him ...
— A Man for the Ages - A Story of the Builders of Democracy • Irving Bacheller


Words linked to "Cat-o'-nine-tails" :   whip


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