lashing


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"