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martinet

/maʁ.ti.nɛ/

noun, masculine/maʁ.ti.nɛ/plural: martinets

multi-tail whip, comprising leather or whipcord thongs fixed on a handle, to dust off or to administer a beating; mechanical hammer on a motor-driven cogwheel, as used to beat metal

From marteau (“hammer”).

noun, masculine/maʁ.ti.nɛ/plural: martinets

martin (any of the swallow-like birds, black with a white throat, of family Hirundinidae); swift (bird)

From Martin + -et.