noun
sing.九尾鞭(用九条带结的细绳编成,旧时鞭打囚犯用) a whip made of nine strings with knots in them, that was used to punish prisoners in the past
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In the chimney-corner a cat-o ' - nine-tails was hanging on a nail .
壁炉角上,挂着一根皮鞭。