caneology

English

Etymology

cane +‎ -ology

Noun

caneology (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, humorous) The disciplinary practice of caning.
   • 1823, William Henry Pyne, Wine and Walnuts, Or, After Dinner Chit-chat, volume 1, page 242:

     My uncle was universally acknowledged to be as deeply skilled in caneology as any one, Dr. Arbuthnot not excepted, whose science on important questions was quoted even after his death; for his collection of the various-headed sticks and canes, from the time of the first Charles, taken together, was unrivalled.

   • 1837, Fraser's Magazine, volume 15, page 572:

     A schoolmaster has a habit of offering the left hand; and who but remembers the reluctance with which it was accepted in those days of early delinquency, when caneology was practised to such an extent in all well-disciplined schools.