lashings
la shingz
- n a large number or amount
- n beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- n rope that is used for fastening something to something else
the boats were held together by lashings - v beat severely with a whip or rod
- v lash or flick about sharply
- v strike as if by whipping
- v bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- While lashings have a basis in Islamic Shari'a, their utility as public deterrence is contingent upon a social environment prepared to accept, and thereby benefit from, the .
- The 15 tracks, or sound collages, on Retrochine blend movie music with lashings of trip-hop, electronica and funk.
- It also imposes severe prison terms for other behavior considered morally unacceptable, including homosexuality, which will be punishable by public lashings and more than eight .