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(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

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cat-o'-nine-tails

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cat-o'-nine-tails

名詞

(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

日本語の意味

（海軍用語）9本のしばしば結び目が付いた鞭索を持ち、かつて海軍で懲罰として鞭打ちに用いられた多尾鞭

The captain kept the cat-o'-nine-tails locked in the brig, a grim reminder of naval discipline.

船長はかつて海軍の懲罰に使われた九本の鞭を船倉にしまい、それが海軍の規律を厳しく思い起こさせる存在だった。

意味（1）

(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

意味（2）

A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.

cats-o'-nine-tails

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