Tawse Definition

tôz
noun
A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.
American Heritage
A leather thong split into strips at the end, used as a whip.
Webster's New World
A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tawse

Noun

Singular:
tawse
Plural:
tawses

Origin of Tawse

  • Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.

    From Wiktionary

  • From taw

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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