1. lashing(n = noun.act) flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment;
is a kind of beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
has particulars: self-flagellation, horsewhipping
2. lashing(n = noun.artifact) - rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
is a kind of fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, rope
lashing(s = adj.all) - violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. [1913 Webster]
See 2d Lasher. [1913 Webster]
lashing, n.
1 a beating.
2 cord used for lashing.