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noun, masculine

knout

/knut/

noun, masculine/knut/plural: knouts

knout, scourge; a flogging administered with such a multiple whip; a condemnation to suffer it

From Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”). Doublet of nœud.