"cat-o'-nine-tails" meaning in Английский

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Noun

IPA: ˌkætə'naɪnteɪlz [singular], ˌkætsə'naɪnteɪlz [plural] Audio: En-us-cat-o'-nine-tails.ogg [plural] Forms: cat-o'-nine-tails [singular], cats-o'-nine-tails [plural]
Etymology: Происходит от cat + of + nine + tails («кошка с девятью хвостами»).
  1. плеть-девятихвостка, кошка (орудие наказания) Tags: historical
    Sense id: ru-cat-o'-nine-tails-en-noun-NJFpkKqL Categories (other): Исторические термины/en
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whip
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