verb
- past tense of knout; flogged or whipped with a knout (a type of whip used for punishment)
Usage: historical; archaic
Examples
- The prisoner was knouted as punishment for his crimes.
- In czarist Russia, criminals were often knouted in public squares.
- The brutal overseer knouted the workers who disobeyed orders.
- Historical records show that many serfs were knouted for minor infractions.
- The condemned man was knouted before his execution.
- She read about how political prisoners were knouted in the old regime.