cat o' nine tails

English - Turkish

Definition of cat o' nine tails in English Turkish dictionary: dokuz kamçılı kırbaç; dokuz kamçılı kırbaç

English - English

Definition of cat o' nine tails in English English dictionary: 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.; A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies
A cat o' nine tails: 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

cat o' nine tails

Hyphenation

cat o' Nine tails

kät ō nayn teylz

/ˈkat ˈō ˈnīn ˈtālz/ /ˈkæt ˈoʊ ˈnaɪn ˈteɪlz/

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