sjambok

 
Pronunciation: /ˈʃambɒk/

noun

  • (in South Africa) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide.

verb (sjamboks, sjambokking, sjambokked)

[with object]
  • flog with a sjambok: she was sjambokked because she was thought to have been involved in witchcraft

Origin:

from South African Dutch tjambok, via Malay from Urdu chābuk