scourging
English edit
Verb edit
scourging
- present participle and gerund of scourge
Noun edit
scourging (plural scourgings)
- A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
- 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page 114:
- The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes […]
Translations edit
flogging — see flogging