Found 2 items, similar to Birching.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: birch birch n 1: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood 2: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark [syn: birch tree] 3: bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment [syn: birch rod] birch adj : consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birchen, birken] birch v : whip with a birch twig
English → English (gcide) Definition: Birching Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Birched (b[~e]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Birching.] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog. [1913 Webster]