Flogging Instruments Dictionary (T-To)
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| Tabica (Portuguese) | (from Arab tatbika) Plant with a flexible stem used for making whips. By extension, whip. |
| Tabla de picar (Spanish) | Cutting board. Another classic from the kitchen, used by the mothers to heat naughty children bottoms
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| Taca (Portuguese) | Small wooden board, held to the wrist by a strap, used on the past for punishing slaves. |
| Tæppebanker (Danish) | Rug beater (see pala de sacudir alfombras) |
| Tagante (Portuguese) | (antique) Scourge, whip |
| Tagliere (Italian) | Cutting board. See tabla de picar (above) |
| Tajona (Spanish) |
(Central América) Whip for stimulating horses. IT consists of
wooden handle and a thin strap. In Panamá, the one below is used for the "Diablico
sucio" (dirty little devil) dance.
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| Takong (Tagalog) | (lit: heel) The lower part of the coconut leaf was used as a makeshift whip |
| Tala (Portuguese) | In the gaúcho area of Brazil, a makeshift whip made with the main vein of a palm leaf. Also a switch. Also a whip with a single flat leather strip. |
| Talero (Spanish) | ( Arg., Bol., Chile, Par. y Ur.) Short and wide rebenque With rawhide covered handle and a short strap. It is the working version of the traditional rebenque.
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| Tamarind switch (English) | (Jamaica) A whip made with 3 tamarind rods, braided and oiled, used in judicial punishments. Also used in Trinidad Tobago |
| Tambran switch (Creole-Jamaica) | (from tambrin=tamarind) Tamarind switch |
| Tamp (Danish) | cat o'nine tails, scourge, rope's end |
| Tape-tapis (French) | Also tapette. Rug beater. see Pala de sacudir alfombras. Battipanni |
| Tappette (French) | Paddle. Rug beater(see Paleta). |
| Tapette (English) | Paddle. |
| Tapijtenklopper (Dutch) | Rug beater. see Pala de sacudir alfombras. Battipanni |
| Taws (English) | (Scotland) Tawse |
| Tawse (English) | (Scotland) A strap with the end splitted to make two or three tails. It was the typical punishment instrument for school and home. In the school it was used to hit usually in the hands. At home, in legs and buttocks. The word is old and not widely used now. It is referred to as "the belt" or "the strap". See article.
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| Teazer (English) | Bimmy |
| Teng (Chinese) | Rattan cane |
| Tøffel (Danish) | Slipper |
| Thief's cat (English) |
A cat ´o nine tails with knotted tails, with the knots spaced about 3 inches, used for the punishment of thieves in the Navy. see cat o'nine tails |
| Thong (English) | A strip of leather used as a whiplash or a rein or for fastening something. (Also for the tail of the whip). |
| Tira de neumático | see tire strap (below). |
| Tire strip | A strip cut from the threads of a car tire. Documented in many cultures, with no specific name is very severe, leaving dark bruises. |
| Togie (English) | Bimmy. See also rope's end, |
| Togey (English) | Bimmy. See also rope's end, |
| Toalla (Spanish) | (mojada, wet) See towel blow. |
| Tolly strap (English) | a thin slab of whalebone sandwiched between two skins of leather or rubber, rounded at the edges to avoid damaging the skin. It was 3" wide and about 20" long. It was used at the English schools mainly for hitting on the hands, but it could be used on the buttocks. |
| Towel (English) | When wet it gets enough weight for making it an efficient impact instrument. Used as a belt, it has the advantage of not leaving marks, but for a general reddening of the area. If flicked, it has the sting of a light whip. |
| Tukumbo (Guaraní) | Whip, strap |
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