Meanings
- humorousobsoleteuncountableThe disciplinary practice of caning.
A schoolmaster has a habit of offering the left hand; and who but remembers the reluctance with which it was accepted in those days of early delinquency, when caneology was practised to such an extent in all well-disciplined schools.
1837, Fraser's Magazine, volume 15, page 5721 more example
My uncle was universally acknowledged to be as deeply skilled in caneology as any one, Dr. Arbuthnot not excepted, whose science on important questions was quoted even after his death; for his collection of the various-headed sticks and canes, from the time of the first Charles, taken together, was unrivalled.
1823, William Henry Pyne, Wine and Walnuts, Or, After Dinner Chit-chat, volume 1, page 242
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