Lashing - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: lashingLashing
The act of one who or that which lashes castigation chastisement...
Scourge
A lash a strap or cord especially a lash used to inflict pain or punishment an instrument of punishment or discipline a whip...
Catamaran
A kind of raft or float consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together and moved by paddles or sail used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America and at life saving stations...
Flog
To beat or strike with a rod or whip to whip to lash to chastise with repeated blows...
Frapping
A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together...
Gammoning
The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays...
Gasket
A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely Sea gaskets are common lines harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands Called also casket...
Harness cask
A tub lashed to a vessels deck and containing salted provisions for daily use called also harness tub...
Knout
A kind of whip for flogging criminals formerly much used in Russia The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened so that it mangles the flesh...
Lanier
A thong of leather a whip lash...
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