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:
tawsesOrigin 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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