chicotte

Etymology

From French chicotte.

chicotte means A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.“Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.”