From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlashinglash‧ing /ˈlæʃɪŋ/ noun [countable]  1 PUNISHa punishment in which someone is hit with a whip SYN whipping2 FASTEN/DO UPa rope that fastens something tightly to something else3  → lashings of something 
                                                    
                                                
