pandy bat (English, noun)
expansion: pandy bat (plural pandy bats)
Senses:
glosses: (originally) a stout leather strap reinforced internally with whalebone or even lead, and used at Jesuit schools to inflict corporal punishment on pupils by striking the palm; (latterly, sometimes) more loosely applied to any punishment bat
tags: Ireland
historical
Forms:
form: pandy bats
tags: plural
form: pandy-bat
tags: alternative
form: pandybat
tags: alternative