Birching is a form of corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically used to strike the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally the back and/or shoulders.

This educational documentary explores the history, practice, and impact of birching — a painful form of corporal punishment once common in schools and courts. From medieval Europe to …

Dec 26, 2018 · But if committed a more serious offense, his punishment could be a public birching. This usually meant 12 to 24 strokes with a bundle of birch sticks.

Mar 14, 2021 · In the early 20th century, whipping was gradually replaced by birching or imprisonment. In Britain, birching or whipping was banned for civilian men in 1948. But it was …

Old-fashioned the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

Birching is a form of corporal punishment involving the infliction of lashes with a birch rod, typically a bundle of flexible twigs from birch trees bound together, applied to the bare buttocks of the …

Even though birching was once a common judicial punishment, it has largely fallen out of favour around the world. Even in countries where corporal punishments are still legal and common, …

Birching and whipping are both forms of corporal punishment that involve striking a person with a rod or whip. However, birching typically involves using a bundle of birch twigs to strike the …

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