Leathering [verb]
Definition of Leathering:
slap, usually on bottom
Synonyms of Leathering:
● Thrash
● Chastise
● Smack
● Flog
● Clobber
● Trim
● Cane
● Clout
● Blip
● Lick
● Tan
● Whip
● Belt
● Hide
● Sock
● Paddle
● Cuff
● Punish
● Punch
● Buffet
● Wallop
● Lather
● Box
● Leather
● Welt
● Lash
● Flax
● Larrup
● Whup
Sentence/Example of Leathering:
There were two smiths there and they began leathering the bag.
Any way, whatever the reason of it was, he had Patsy Flaherty leathering the mare like the devil.
He was well advised to send me home for a leathering at my father's hands.
And I got the leathering, too, though it was three months after.
“He had the finest leathering he ever had in his life,” said Sim.
He will not always suffer a leathering from a man whom he knows he dare not now hit back.
So they all got a good leathering because they had not kept a sharper look-out.