Word Study
lashing
CIDE DICTIONARY
lashing, n.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. [1913 Webster]
lashing, n.
See 2d Lasher. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
lashing
adhesive, affixation, annexation, attachment, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, binding, bond, buffeting, caning, clasping, clubbing, corporal punishment, cowhiding, cudgeling, drubbing, fastener, fastening, flagellation, flailing, flogging, fustigation, girding, hooking, horsewhipping, knot, lacing, ligation, pistol-whipping, rawhiding, scourging, spanking, splice, sticking, strapping, stripes, swingeing, switching, thrashing, tieing, trouncing, truncheoning, whipping, zippingFor further exploring for "lashing" in Webster Dictionary Online