The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whip or flail. It originated as an implement for physical punishment, particularly in the Royal Navy and British Army, and as a judicial punishment in Britain and some other countries.

九尾鞭(Cat o'Nine Tails)也称九尾猫，是一种多股的软鞭，它最初用作刑具，在英国皇家海军以及英国的陆军中用作为重体罚的刑具，在英国和其它一些国家的执法体罚中也有过实用。

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2017年5月10日 · The noun cat-o’-nine-tails denotes a rope whip with nine knotted cords, formerly used, especially at sea, to flog offenders. This instrument of punishment was authorised in the British navy and army until 1881—cf. also to run the gauntlet.

A Cat o’ Nine Tails is usually made by unravelling a rope into three smaller ropes, and then unravelling each of them, to give you a total of nine tails. The tails are then knotted. Many different designs have existed throughout history, but approximately 75 …

Flogging was a whipping using a cat-o'nine-tails - a diabolical device designed especially for its task. The cat-o'nine-tails consisted of nine lengths of cord with each length containing up to three knots. The cords were attached to a handle often made of a short piece of thick rope.

The Cat o' Nine Tails (Italian: Il gatto a nove code) is a 1971 English-language Italian film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from a story by Dardano Sacchetti, Luigi Cozzi, and an uncredited Bryan Edgar Wallace. [4]

2024年6月4日 · cat-o'-nine-tails (plural cats-o'-nine-tails) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

Cat o’ Nine Tails Flogging, a form of severe corporal punishment, was implemented on board vessels in the United States Navy through the first half of the 19th century. It was a punishment usually reserved for the most serious offenses, though it was occasionally used more indiscriminately by some captains.

The Cat o' Nine Tails: Directed by Dario Argento. With James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi. A reporter and a blind puzzle writer investigate a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company conducting secret genetic experiments, finding themselves targeted by the killer.