Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Knout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knout \Knout\ (nout or n[=oo]t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of
Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn[=u]tr knot:
cf. F. knout. See {Knot}.]
A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in
Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs
twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knout \Knout\, v. t.
To punish with the knout. --Brougham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knout
n : a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used
for flogging prisoners
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