| 词汇 | cat-hauling |
| 词源 | cat-hauling. A vicious punishment used mostly on slaves in which a man was fastened down and a huge, fierce tomcat was taken by the tail and hauled down along the man’s bare back, the cat’s claws ripping flesh all the way. |
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