cat-o'-nine-tails 词源(Etymology) - 趣词词源[英文版]

cat-o'-nine-tails (n.)[cat-o'-nine-tails 词源字典]: 1690s, probably so called in reference to its "claws." It was a legal instrument of punishment in British Navy until 1881.[cat-o'-nine-tails etymology, cat-o'-nine-tails origin, 英语词源]