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Lashings

noun

A large number or amount. Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads. "She amassed stacks of newspapers"

Lashing

noun

Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping.

Rope that is used for fastening something to something else.

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"Lashings" Quotes from Famous Books

... one coming aboard, and the sailors began to undo the lashings of the gangways from the ship's side; files of men on the wharf laid hold of their rails; the stewards guarding their approach looked up for the signal to come aboard; and in vivid pantomime forbade some belated leavetakers to ascend. ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... care be my portion, with blight and mildew on all my hopes, and all that my hand shall touch; may my friends desert me, and my own blood rise up and curse me; may I become an outcast, among men, a wanderer and a vagabond on the face of the earth, a prey to fear, and to the lashings of conscience: and, finally, when death comes, may he send me from the tortures of this life, to those of ...

— Eveline Mandeville - The Horse Thief Rival • Alvin Addison

... delays were frequent and galling, while every storm which got up and expended its rage upon the reef left its mark indelibly among the engineer's stock in trade. Cranes and other materials were swept away as if they were corks; lashings, no matter how strong, were ...

— The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls • Jacqueline M. Overton

... went aft to his cabin companionway, and prepared to go below and open his log. Kent took the wheel, and Ellinwood lurched about with a critical eye upon the lashings, sheets, and ...

— The Harbor of Doubt • Frank Williams

... journey up the Beaver River suffice it to say that we met with many adventures, but proceeded without serious accident until one day our canoe was submerged in heavy rapids, the lashings gave way, and to our consternation the precious tablet, together with the flag and pennant, was lost in the flood. After two days' vain effort to recover the tablet and flags we continued on the river until at length further ascent seemed unpractical. From this point, ...

— The Lure of the Labrador Wild • Dillon Wallace

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