Switch (corporal punishment)
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A switch is a thin, flexible twig from a tree or shrub used as an implement in corporal punishment. The application of a switch is called switching.
Switch in Adam Johann Braun's Maedchenschule, 1789
L'Exécution de la Punition de Fouet by Jean Baptiste Debret
Caning
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Caning is a form of corporal punishment that consists of administering strikes to the body with what is typically a rattan cane. Generally, this is applied to the recipient's bare or clothed buttocks
A display of rattan judicial canes from the Johor Bahru Prison museum, Malaysia
Caning stand and cane formerly used in Hong Kong prisons under British rule
Visible welts typically sustained from foot caning
Cartoon of schoolboys receiving the cane from 1888