leathering
noun
[ ˈlɛðərɪŋ ]
• a punishment in which someone is hit repeatedly.
• "go, before you get a leathering"
leather
verb
• beat or thrash (someone).
• "he caught me and leathered me black and blue"
Similar:
beat,
strap,
belt,
thrash,
flog,
whip,
lash,
scourge,
horsewhip,
birch,
cane,
strike,
hit,
clout,
batter,
spank,
wallop,
whack,
tan someone's hide,
give someone a (good) hiding,
lather,
Origin:
Old English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr .
