To flog or beat with a knout.
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
To lash with a whip or strap.
To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
To mark with stripes.
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
The start/finish line.
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.