tawse

tawse |tôz tɔz |(also taws ) ▶noun Scottish a thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top ): apparently the plural of obsolete taw ‘tawed leather, ’ from taw 1 .

tawse

tawse |tɔːz |(also taws ) ▶noun Scottish a thong with a slit end, formerly used in schools for punishing children. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting a whip for driving a spinning top ): apparently the plural of obsolete taw ‘tawed leather ’, from taw 1 .