Meanings
nounchicotte (plural chicottes)
plural chicottes · alternative chicote
- A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.
1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan, published 2012, page 1201 more example
Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.
1928 November 28, Daily Express
Origin
- Frenchchicotte
- Englishchicotte
From French chicotte.
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chicotte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicotte
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