tawse
/tɔːz/(亦作taws)
noun
- Scottish a thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children〈苏格兰〉（以前在学校里惩罚学生用的）皮鞭。
词源
early 16th cent. (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top)： apparently the plural of obsolete taw 'tawed leather'， from TAW1.