The Clue
Punishments at sea (8 letter answer)
The Answer
LASHINGS
Tags
Notes
The answer LASHINGS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Cutting
Definition
LASHINGS as a noun:
1. (tons, dozens, heaps, lots, mountain, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings) = a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers"
LASHING as a noun:
1. (whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation) = beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
2. rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"