A stick or switch for urging on a horse. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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| 释义 | society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip (20) wandc1400 A stick or switch for urging on a horse. Obsolete exc. dialect. rod?a1475 A stick or switch used while riding to encourage the horse to move faster. Now historical (only in riding rod, n.). riding rod?a1549 A rod or stick used while riding to urge a horse to move faster; a switch. Cf. riding stick n. (b) at riding, n.1 compounds 3 riding wand n. at riding… switch1597 A slender tapering riding whip. quirka1616 A surge of emotion; a sudden (change in) mood; a whim, an impulse. Now rare. whippet1616 A little whip. Obsolete. rare. shambrier1667 A long lash used by the master of a manège. horsewhipa1691 A whip for driving or controlling a horse. whip-stick1782 (a) a whipstock, or a pliant stick used as a whip; (b) applied in Australia to a dwarf species of Eucalyptus. lash-whip1787 a whip with a lash, opposed to a ‘crop’ (see crop, n. 7c). flogger1789 slang. A horse- or riding-whip. string1839 A line for binding or attaching anything; normally one composed of twisted threads of spun vegetable… †A cord used as a whiplash (obsolete). Also U.S.… nagaika1842 A short, thick, plaited leather whip, probably of Nogai origin, traditionally used in Russia (esp. by Cossacks). whalebone1842 A riding-whip of whalebone. quirt1845 A whip; spec. a riding whip with a short handle and a braided leather lash. switcher1847 One who or that which switches, in any sense: spec. A switch or slender rod used as a whip; also, a person who wields a switch. ash-plant1850 A sapling of the ash tree, used as a walking-stick, whip, goad, etc. hunting-crop1857 a straight whipstock with a leather loop for insertion of a thong or lash (crop, n. 7c). dick1864 slang. A riding whip. Obsolete. bow-whip1890 (see quot.). |
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