_Martinet_ (Vol. ii., p. 118.).--There is no doubt the term _martinet_
is derived from the general officer _M. de Martinet_ indicated by MR. C.
FORBES, and who was, as Voltaire states, celebrated for having restored
and improved the discipline and tactics of the French army; whence very
strict officers came to be called _martinets_: but is it also from this
restorer of discipline that the name of what we call _cat-o'-nine-tails_
is in French _martinet_? This is rather an interesting Query,
considering how severely our neighbours censure our use of that
auxiliary to discipline.