What is the meaning of lashings?

Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
- synonyms: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Rope that is used for fastening something to something else.
- usage: "the boats were held together by lashings"
- synonyms: lashing
A large number or amount.
- usage: "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
- synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads

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