kourbash

[ koo r-bash ]

/ ˈkʊər bæʃ /

kurbash.

Words nearby kourbash

koufax, koulibiaca, koumis, kouprey, koura, kourbash, kouros, kourou, koussevitzky, kovalevsky, kovno

kurbash

[ koo r-bash ]

/ ˈkʊər bæʃ /

a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.

to whip with a kurbash.

1805–15; < Arabic kurbāj ≪ Turkish kιrbaç whip

He who could bribe the judges the highest got judgment delivered in his favour, while his opponent received the kourbash.

General Gordon |Seton Churchill
Her reply was that he had given slaves the kourbash, and had even shot them.

Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete |Gilbert Parker
A kourbash is a strip of old hippo-hide with a sort of keel on it, like the cutting edge of a boar's tusk.

Actions and Reactions |Rudyard Kipling
The symbol of authority might well have been a kourbash, which corresponds to the English cat-o'-nine-tails.

General Gordon |Seton Churchill

But it was wonderful to see how Mahommed Seti took the kourbash at the hands of Fielding, when he shied from the medicine bottles.

Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete |Gilbert Parker