Wondering how to use Knout in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as whip.
Knout meaning
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
Synonyms of Knout
Using Knout
- The main meaning on this page is: A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
- Useful related words include: whip.
Context around Knout
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Knout
- In this selection, "knout" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, meaning, russian and twenty stand out and add context to how "knout" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include both meaning knout and with and extended great knout twenty blows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "knout" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with knout
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Russian knout had different forms. (6 words)
Punishment with a knout Other than these, the rights of a serf were very limited. (15 words)
Emperor Nicholas I abolished the punishment by knout in 1845, and replaced it with the pleti, lashes with three thongs which could end in lead balls. (26 words)
Still others maintain it is of generic Germanic origin, not necessarily Scandinavian, comparing it with the German Knute, Dutch knoet (both meaning knout) and with Old Norse knutr, Anglo-Saxon cnotta and English knot. (34 words)
Even twenty lashes could maim, and with the specially extended Great Knout, twenty blows could kill, with death sometimes being attributed to the breaking of the spine. (27 words)
Emperor Nicholas I abolished the punishment by knout in 1845, and replaced it with the pleti, lashes with three thongs which could end in lead balls. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
Emperor Nicholas I abolished the punishment by knout in 1845, and replaced it with the pleti, lashes with three thongs which could end in lead balls.
Even twenty lashes could maim, and with the specially extended Great Knout, twenty blows could kill, with death sometimes being attributed to the breaking of the spine.
Punishment with a knout Other than these, the rights of a serf were very limited.
Still others maintain it is of generic Germanic origin, not necessarily Scandinavian, comparing it with the German Knute, Dutch knoet (both meaning knout) and with Old Norse knutr, Anglo-Saxon cnotta and English knot.
The Russian knout had different forms.