Plitt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plitt is a noun meaning (historical) An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
Meaning
(historical) An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
Example Sentences
Not a few of these carry with them the germ of inevitable death, their frames being enfeebled, and their constitutions broken by having undergone the cruel sentence of the plitt.
Word Forms
- plitts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pleyt, polt, pritch, pike, poking-stick, plack.
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