tunding

English

Etymology

Latin tundo (“I beat, strike”), +‎ -ing.

Noun

tunding (plural tundings)

  1. (UK, archaic, school slang) A caning.
    • 1889, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember:
      I never had a tunding; but I have no doubt that the punishment was severe, though I never heard of any boy disabled by it from pursuing his usual work or his usual amusements.

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