kurbash

or kour·bash

[ koor-bash ]

noun

1. a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to whip with a kurbash.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kurbash¹

1805–15; < Arabic kurbāj ≪ Turkish kιrbaç whip

Example Sentences

The use of the kurbash for such purposes, once common in Egypt, has been abolished by the British authorities.

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A bawling of voices, a snapping of the kurbash upon the flanks of the camels, and the caravan was once more under way.

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He carried a kurbash, a cow-hide whip, which he twirled idly, even suggestively.

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But he was not permitted to finish, as Moto sprang up furious, with his kurbash (a hippopotamus-hide whip) in hand.

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He has a French cook, but he retains the kurbash; he puts up telephones, but he does not give up the bowstring.

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