Chicotte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chicotte is a noun meaning A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
Meaning
A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
Example Sentences
Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.
Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.
Word Forms
- chicottes
- chicote
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chaubuck, chabuk, chaubac, chawbuck, kikwembe, koboko.
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