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Synonyms for lashings


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lash-ingz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæʃ ɪŋz

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Définition of lashings

Origin :
  • "a beating, flogging," c.1400, verbal noun from lash (v.1).
  • As in licking : noun beating
  • As in thrashing : noun beating
Example sentences :
  • Once, he roused with a start and hastily got the axe out from underneath the lashings.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Outside, Sucatash was heaving the lashings taut on the last packs.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • It was chancing death, since once out of our lashings we were as exposed as if on a raft.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
  • With one unanimous effort we tore the lashings in pieces, and got free.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • We do not know how to understand you gentlemen when you speak of lashings.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • He was handicapped as he had been all along by the absence of the vines one could use for lashings.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • Besides this, the canvas was made fast with lashings and ropes to the poles.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • He flourished his clasp-knife and bent and cut the lashings.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • In all haste he pulled his clasp-knife and cut the lashings which held the boat in its chocks.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • A scuttle-butt was torn from its lashings and went by the board, and other flotsam followed it.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

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