cat-o'-nine-tails

Etymology
From ; attested since 1695.

Noun

 * 1)  A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
 * 2) A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.
 * 1) A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 九尾鞭, 九尾猫
 * Czech: důtky, devítiocasá kočka
 * Danish: nihalet kat
 * Dutch: kat met negen staarten
 * Esperanto: naŭvosta kato
 * Finnish: yhdeksänhäntäinen kissa
 * French:
 * German: neunschwänzige Katze
 * Hebrew: חָתוּל בַּעַל תִּשְׁעַת הַזְנָבוֹת
 * Hungarian: kilencfarkú macska
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: gatto a nove code
 * Korean: 아홉꼬리 고양이
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: gato de nueve colas
 * Swedish: niosvansad katt