Flogging Instruments Dictionary (Be-Bu)
| Beach bat (English) |
Used for playing in the beach and for school and home punishments
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| Bejuco (Spanish) | (from caribe) Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liane. As its stem, like the rattan's, was used for punishment, the word means also "whip". |
| Belt (English) | See Cinto, correa. Also used in Scotland for the tawse. |
| Belte (Norwegian) | Belt. See Cinto, correa. |
| Bengala (Portuguese) | Small stick made of wood, malacca cane (rattan) or bamboo, carried in the hands and used to support walking. Also used for punishments. |
| Berguita (Spanish) | see sanmartin |
| Berkenroede (Dutch) | Birch rod (see below) |
| Besen (German) | Broom |
| Besom (English) | Broom |
| Beta (Spanish) | (Ecuador) Old: a dry and twisted leather strip. It was usually doubled up for punishing. Modern: a vulcanized rubber strip, from a car tire, half an inch wide and about 35 inches long. |
| Betty (English) | (USA, 19ty century) Cowhide whip |
| Bian (chinese) | Látigo |
| Bicik (Czech) | Scourge, switch |
| Bicurú (Spanish) | (Isla Margarita, Venezuela) Ordinary hard leather strap |
| Bicz (Polish) | Látigo |
| Biczownik (Polish) | Discipline, whip |
| Billy club (English) | See Truncheon |
| Bimmy (English) | A length of rope (about 18 inches) made heavier and more brittle by dipping in hot tar, usually with a knot in the receiving end, or leather shoe-laces pleated to form a single length. Also togey, teazer, sennet whip |
| Binza (Spanish) | (Oaxaca, Méjico) Intrument of cow hide, very hard, used as a whip. Used in the toro-petate dance. |
| Birch (English) | In the punishment context, the birch is a bundle of twigs (usually birch twigs) tied together, used for punishment especially in English schools. See article.
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| Birch rod (English) | See birch |
| Birkenrute (German) | Birch rod (see above) |
| Birketrae(Norwegian) | (o bjerketrae) Birch rod. |
| Bjerkeris(Norwegian) | Birch rod. See also Ris. |
| Björkris (Danish) | Birch rod. See also Ris. |
| Blackboard pointer (English) | A wooden dowel, round or hexagonal and more than a yard long, present in all classrooms, supposedly used to point at things on the blackboard, but, as the yardstick, also used for other purposes.
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| Blacksnake (English) | Like a signal whip, but longer and heavier. |
| Boetegesel (Dutch) | (lit. penitencial whip) Discipline |
| Bøjle (Danish) | Coathanger |
| Boldtræ (Danish) |
Bat. The flat bat, a long and narrow paddle was used in Denmark for
punishing, especially by Gym teachers.
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| Bordão (portuguese) | Walking stick, walking cane |
| Bordtennisketsjer (Danish) | Ping-pong paddle |
| Borsel (Afrikaans) | Brush. Rumored of being used on the Springboks (South Africa's national rugby team) for training faults |
| Bosun's cane (English) | Walking stick, walking cane |
| Boy's cat (English) | A lighter cat made with five tails of smooth whipcord used on board of war vessels to punish boys. Also Pussy cat |
| Branche (French) | Branch, switch. Mentioned as "de noisetier", (from hazel) |
| Breadboard (English) | See Tabla de picar |
| Broeksriem (Dutch) | (lit. trousers' strap) Belt |
| Broom (English) | The one consisting of a long handle to which is attached a bundle of twigs bound together was used for domestic punishment, as well as for auto flagellation. The handle was also used for punishment.
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| Brosse à cheveux (French) | Hairbrush. See Cepillo para pelo. |
| Buggy whip (English) | Like a driving whip, but shorter |
| Bulala (Hausa) | (Nigeria) (horse whip, riding whip, sjambok) |
| Bullbud (English) | (Caribbean) Pizzle. See also Vergajo. Sometimes it was reinforced with a metal rod inside. |
| Bullenpeitsche (German) | Bullwhip |
| Bullepees (Dutch) | (lit: bull's sinew).Pizzle, Vergajo. Also bullwhip |
| Bull's nerve (English) | Pizzle. See also Vergajo. |
| (Caribbean) Pizzle. See also Vergajo. | |
| Bullwhip (English) |  It's the typical whip. The thong is of plait leather, and is usually more than 6 feet long. It is composed of four parts: a short handle, a plait leather thong, a flat leather fall and ends with a short cord (the cracker or popper) which is the part that makes the classical whip crack. It is the herding whip of the American cowboy |
| Buntot ng pagi (Hiliganyon) | (lit. ray's tail. Pagi or Pagi-pagui
is the name of the animal) Also buntot pagi. A Philippine whip made with a dried ray's tail. It is rough, and covered by bulbs, full of a neurotoxin that preserves its power even when the tail is dried. Used as a weapon in Philippine martial arts.
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