What is the name of a stout whip beginning with k?

Answer 1

You must be doing the Independent crossword too! I found "KNOUT", definition (according to crossword quick solve website):

knout

1. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

Knout

1. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
2. To punish with the knout.

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