tawse
Meanings
Plural: tawses
Noun
- a leather strap for punishing children
- A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
Verb
- To beat with a tawse.
Origin / Etymology
Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier.
Scrabble Score: 8
tawse is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordtawse is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tawse is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
tawse is a valid Words With Friends word