TAWSE

tawse

(noun) a leather strap for punishing children

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tawse (plural tawses)

(chiefly, Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.

Verb

tawse (third-person singular simple present tawses, present participle tawsing, simple past and past participle tawsed)

(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To beat with a tawse.

Anagrams

• Sweat, Weast, swate, sweat, waste, wetas

Source: Wiktionary



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