caning
Definition
Noun: 1. A method of corporal punishment involving repeated strikes with a cane: The act or instance of beating someone with a cane as a form of discipline or judicial punishment. 2. The material or craft of woven cane: Work made of interlaced slender, flexible stems, especially from rattan or willow, used for making furniture or baskets.
Usage and Examples
- As a form of punishment:
- Caning is a severe and controversial form of corporal punishment.
- The judge sentenced the vandal to six strokes of the caning.
- As a material or craft:
- The antique chair features intricate caning on its seat and back.
- She learned the traditional art of caning to restore the old rocker.
Advanced Usage
- Judicial caning: Refers specifically to caning administered as a sentence by a court of law, as practiced in some legal systems.
- Judicial caning for certain offenses remains a topic of international human rights debate.
Variants and Related Words
- Cane (noun): The slender, flexible stick used for punishment or support; also the plant stem used in weaving.
- Cane (verb): To beat or punish with a cane.
- Caned (adjective): Describing an object fitted with woven cane material (e.g., a seat) or a person who has been subjected to caning.
Synonyms
- For punishment: Flogging, whipping, beating, birching.
- For material/craft: Wickerwork, rattan work, basketry.
Related Phrases
- To receive a caning: To be punished by being caned.
- The student was afraid he would receive a caning for his disobedience.
Noun
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work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
