一种有九根常打结鞭索的多尾鞭,旧时用于海军鞭刑。
cats-o'-nine-tails — plural of cat-o'-nine-tails
一种有九根常打结鞭索的多尾鞭,旧时用于海军鞭刑。
A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
一种类似结构的皮革九尾鞭,用于英国罪犯流放地及某些军队。
A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.
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