lashing (n.)

  1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

    [ Syn: whipping , tanning , flogging , flagellation ]

  2. rope that is used for fastening something to something else; the boats were held together by lashings'

    lashing (adj.)

  1. violently urging on by whipping or flogging; looked at the lashing riders'

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