Flogging Instruments Dictionary (Ce-Ch)
| Ceinture (French) | Belt |
| Ceinturon (French) | Belt |
| Cepillo para pelo (Spanish) | Hairbrush. A classic instrument for
domestic punishment (specially when they were made of wood). The back was
used as a paddle. If the bristles were hard, it could had been used by
both sides
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| Cerote (Spanish) | (Spain) A ball of wax fixed at the end of a cord. with embedded iron spikes. The flagellant hit repeatedly his back with the ball. |
| Chabouk (Hindi) | In India, a long whip for horses. |
| Chabuco (Portuguese) | (see chabouk) Whip, Scourge |
| Chabuk (Hindi) | Chabouk |
| Chābuk (Persian) | The Persian word for whip is the root of several punishment instruments, among them the chabouk and the sjambok |
| Chambrié (Portuguese) | (from French chambrière) Long and light whip used for taming horses Lounge whip |
| Chambrière (French) | Lounge whip |
| Chancleta (Spanish) | Slipper. |
| Charee (Urdu) | Rod. A flexible stick of wood commonly used to beat children in schools. |
| Chasquero (Spanish) | (Arg., from quechua chasqui = messenger) Rebenque with the handle hollowed, for hiding letters. |
| Chat à neuf queues (French) | Cat o'nine tails |
| Chausson (French) | Slipper |
| Chaussure (French) | Shoe |
| Chibata (Portuguese) |
A thin rod for lashing. See Vergasta. Also a riding crop (see
fusta). By extension, whip, scourge.
In the Brazilian Navy, a fax rope with small steel needles across it used for punishing sailors. |
| Chibera (Spanish) | (Mexico) Coach driver's whip |
| Chico-das-dores | (lit. pain child) Whip |
| Chicohtli (Nahuatl) | (Mexico) Chicote |
| Chicote (Spanish) | (America) A generic name for whips. A chicote is actually the loose end of a rope or cable. See Rebenque, starter, colt, rope's end, togie. |
| Chicote (Spanish) | (Gaucho culture) The gaucho used this name
for short braided tail whips. To the name, the number of tails (called "ramales") was
added, for example "chicote de 4 ramales" (chicote with 4 tails).
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| Chicote (Spanish) | (Perú) see sanmartin. |
| Chicote (Portuguese) | Generic, used as whip in English. Braided rope or point ended leather strap attached to a handle an used for whipping horses. Also the riding crop.
In Portuguese Africa the word was used for the rhinoceros hide whip. See Sjambok. |
| Chicote de Cavaleiro (Portuguese) | Riding crop |
| Chicotillo (Spanish) | Diminutive for Chicote (Bolivia.) A thick leather strap. split into two tails, added to the reins as an azotera. Riding whip. (Perú) Látigo corto |
| Chicullo (Quechua) | Braided llama rope. (Pasco, Perú) Short horsehair whip |
| Chinchorro (Spanish) | (Panama)Whip |
| Chinela (Spanish) | Slipper. A light low-cut shoe that is easily slipped on the foot and is worn for comfort. See also Zapatilla
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| Chinelo (Portuguese) | Slipper. See Chinela |
| Chiqueirador (Portuguese) | (also chiquerador) A whip with a thick wooden handle and a flat or braided tail. |
| Chirrión (Spanish) | (Mex.) Crude, long and thick whip, made form braided or twisted straps, with a short wooden handle, used especially by cart drivers |
| Chittar (Urdu) | A severe leather strap or paddle. Is the favorite interrogation instrument of the Indian Police. By extension, used for the rubber truncheon and other Police punishment instruments in India and Pakistan. |
| Chlausgeissel (German) |
 Rope
whip cracked in Switzerland at the beginning of December for calling
Samiclaus (St. Nicholas or Santa Claus). |
| Chokini (Romanó) | (Walachia (Rumania)) Strap |
| Chokni (Romanó) | A heavy whip used by horse-dealing gypsies. |
| Chooral (hindi) | Cane |
| Choter (Hebrew) | branch, twig, rod. See shebet |
| Chucho (Spanish) | (Cuba y Venez.) Twisted leather whip, scourge. |
| Chukni (Romanó) | Chokni |
| Chuza (Spanish) | (Argentina, lunfardo) Whip without thong. |
| Chuzo (Spanish) | (Cuba) A bull's pizzle or twisted or braided leather whip, tapering to the point. |
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