tunding

Latin tundo (“I beat, strike”), +‎ -ing.

tunding (plural tundings)

1. (Britain, archaic, school slang) A caning.
   • 1889, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember

     I never had a tunding; but I have no doubt that the punishment was severe, though I never heard of any boy disabled by it from pursuing his usual work or his usual amusements.

• dunting