1. tawse - Noun
2. tawse - Verb
tawse (plural tawses)
(chiefly Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
tawse (third-person singular simple present tawses, present participle tawsing, simple past and past participle tawsed)
(transitive, chiefly Scotland) To beat with a tawse.