Noun lashing has 2 senses
- whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
--1 is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking; large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
--1 has particulars: self-flagellation; horsewhipping
- lashing - rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
--2 is a kind of rope; fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing; rope; fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
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