kurbash
/koor-bash/US // ˈkʊər bæʃ //
库尔巴什,库巴什,库尔班,库尔巴什语
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to whip with a kurbash.
Examples
The use of the kurbash for such purposes, once common in Egypt, has been abolished by the British authorities.
A bawling of voices, a snapping of the kurbash upon the flanks of the camels, and the caravan was once more under way.
He carried a kurbash, a cow-hide whip, which he twirled idly, even suggestively.
But he was not permitted to finish, as Moto sprang up furious, with his kurbash (a hippopotamus-hide whip) in hand.
He has a French cook, but he retains the kurbash; he puts up telephones, but he does not give up the bowstring.
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