pleyt

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A riverboat. archaic
    — In the second group a variety of ships may be placed: a boeyer, a pleyt, a krayer, an ever, a cogge, a bark, a hulk, and from the middle of the 15th century onwards a carvel.
  2. A whip, as an instrument of punishment or torture in Russia. historical
    — In Russia, the pleyt is a terrible form of punishment, which is still, I believe, administered in rare instances in Siberia. It is not ten years ago that a woman was flogged to death in Siberia.

词形变化

pleyts plural pleyts plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle Dutch pleyt (“flat”). Doublet of flat and plat.
词源 2
Borrowed from Russian плеть (pletʹ, “whip, lash”).
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