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English
Etymology
From cane + -ology.
Noun
caneology (uncountable)
- (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.