Definition of Lashings

Noun: lashings la-shingz
Usage: Brit

A large number or amount
"made lashings of new friends";
- tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs [N. Amer], scads [N. Amer], many, masses [Brit]

Noun: lashing la-shing

Beating with a whip, strap or rope as a form of punishment
- whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation
Rope that is used for fastening something to something else
"the boats were held together by lashings"