courbash

The courbash is a fearful whip made of hippopotamus 'hide, a stroke from which is felt by a bullock as painfully as a cut from an ordinary whip is by a horse.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

The canal was indeed built by what amounted to slavery, the forced labour (corvee) of the Egyptian peasants being enforced by the rawhide whip of the overseers (courbash).

Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

The boatswain gave the signal to weigh anchor, and leaping upon the middle of the gangway began to lay on to the shoulders of the crew with his courbash or whip, and to haul out gradually to sea.

Don Quixote 2002

"And now we have recovered the will, uncle, how are we to send it to my mother?" asked Harry when the distracting cries extracted by the courbash had ceased.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

"Hassan!" called the sheikh, and a tall, stalwart black stepped forward, with a courbash in his hand.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

Then Hassan stepped up, courbash in hand, and measured his distance.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

His first public announcement was to abolish the _courbash_, to remit arrears of taxation, and to sanction a scheme for pumping the river water into the town.

The Life of Gordon, Volume II Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890

The boatswain gave the signal to weigh anchor, and leaping upon the middle of the gangway began to lay on to the shoulders of the crew with his courbash or whip, and to haul out gradually to sea.

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

The boatswain gave the signal to weigh anchor, and leaping upon the middle of the gangway began to lay on to the shoulders of the crew with his courbash or whip, and to haul out gradually to sea.

Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

The courbash has been going on my neighbours’ backs and feet all the morning.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009