Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) cat-o'-nine-tails (n) --- (k a2 t - @ - n ai1 n - t ei l z)

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cat o' nine tails \Cat" o' nine" tails`\, cat-o'-nine-tails
  \cat"-o'-nine"-tails`\n.
     1. a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of
        nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle;
        -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back; --
        called also the {cat}. It was used in the British Navy to
        maintain discipline on board sailing ships.
  
     Syn: cat.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] Catopter

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  cat-o'-nine-tails
      n : a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the
          cat" [syn: {cat}]

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