Thesaurus / leathering
FEEDBACKsynonyms for leathering
synonyms for leathering
- baste
- beat
- belt
- cane
- flay
- hide
- hit
- lambaste
- lash
- leather
- paddle
- punish
- spank
- strap
- strike
- switch
- thrash
- wax
- whack
- whale
- whomp
- dust someone's britches
- paddlewhack
- tan one's hide
- warm someone's seat
- castigate
- chastise
- spank
- beat
- belt
- cane
- flagellate
- flay
- hide
- hit
- larrup
- lather
- leather
- paddle
- scourge
- strike
- stripe
- thrash
- trounce
- wax
- whack
- whale
- whomp
- whop
- ferule
- flax
- give the cat o'nine tails
- tan one's hide
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How to use leathering in a sentence
There were two smiths there and they began leathering the bag.
LEGENDS OF SAINTS & SINNERSDOUGLAS HYDEAny way, whatever the reason of it was, he had Patsy Flaherty leathering the mare like the devil.
THE SIMPKINS PLOTGEORGE A. BIRMINGHAMHe was well advised to send me home for a leathering at my father's hands.
THE SHOES OF FORTUNENEIL MUNROAnd I got the leathering, too, though it was three months after.
THE SHOES OF FORTUNENEIL MUNRO“He had the finest leathering he ever had in his life,” said Sim.
THE PARSON O' DUMFORDGEORGE MANVILLE FENNHe will not always suffer a leathering from a man whom he knows he dare not now hit back.
ACROSS CHINA ON FOOTEDWIN DINGLESo they all got a good leathering because they had not kept a sharper look-out.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 70, NO. 433, NOVEMBER 1851VARIOUS