cane• However, there is no point investing for the long term at the risk of being caned in the short term.• Clare was less often caned than Lilian, as she was more intelligent.• The prefects had the power to cane you on the hand with a ruler.
Origincane1
(1300-1400)Old FrenchOld Provençalcana, from Latincanna, from Greekkanna, from a Semitic language