lashing (
http://definr.com/lashing)
adj : violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the
lashing riders"
n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn:
whipping,
tanning,
flogging,
flagellation]
2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else;
"the boats were held together by lashings"