Senses
笞杖 to flog with a cudgel
To beat or whip with a heavy stick or cudgel as a form of corporal punishment.
笞杖 cudgel
A heavy stick or cane used for flogging or corporal punishment.
笞杖 flogging and caning
A collective term for two of the five corporal punishments 五刑 in traditional Chinese law: light bamboo 笞 and heavy bamboo 杖