cat-o-nine-tails

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von cat-o-nine-tails im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: dokuz kamçılı kırbaç
cat o' nine tails: dokuz kamçılı kırbaç

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cat-o-nine-tails im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: an instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
cat-o'-nine-tails: A whip having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment
If you should give such language at sea, you'd have a cat-o’-nine-tails laid cross your shoulders.
cat-o'-nine-tails: A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies
cat o nine tails: See under Cat
cat-o'-nine-tails: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat
cat-o'-nine-tails: whip with nine straps
cat-o'-nine-tails: a whip made of nine knotted strings, used in the past for punishing people