[nout] 
| 1. | a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals. |
| 2. | to flog with the knout. |
| knout (nout) n. A leather scourge used for flogging. tr.v. knout·ed, knout·ing, knouts To flog with a knout. [French, from Russian knut, from Old Russian knutŭ, from Old Norse knūtr, knot in cord.] |