Definitions for kurbash

kurbash kur·bash

Spelling: [koo r-bash]
IPA: /ˈkʊər bæʃ/

Kurbash is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in kurbash (abhkrsu).

Definitions for kurbash

noun

  1. a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to whip with a kurbash.

Origin of kurbash

1805-15; Arabic kurbāj ≪ Turkish kιrbaç whip

Examples for kurbash

The use of the kurbash for such purposes, once common in Egypt, has been abolished by the British authorities.

He carried a kurbash, a cow-hide whip, which he twirled idly, even suggestively.

A bawling of voices, a snapping of the kurbash upon the flanks of the camels, and the caravan was once more under way.

But he was not permitted to finish, as Moto sprang up furious, with his kurbash (a hippopotamus-hide whip) in hand.

He has a French cook, but he retains the kurbash; he puts up telephones, but he does not give up the bowstring.

Word Value for kurbash
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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