kurbash

English

Alternative forms

• courbache, courbash, curbash, koorbash, kourbash

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْبَاج (kurbāj), from Turkish kırbaç. Compare French cravache and German Karbatsche.

Noun

kurbash (plural kurbashes)

1. A whip or strap about a yard in length.

Verb

kurbash (third-person singular simple present kurbashes, present participle kurbashing, simple past and past participle kurbashed)

1. (transitive) To beat with a kurbash.

Anagrams

• burkhas