coach-whipn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coach n., whip n.

Etymology: < coach n. + whip n.For the semantic motivation of sense 1b see quot. 1793. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoach-whip.

a. A whip used in driving a coach.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle > whip

postilion whip1621

cart-whip1713

gad-whip1819

coach-whip1833

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 65 The best lines..run taper like the lash of a coach-whip.

b. One of two Australian birds, Psophodes olivaceus or Pachycephala rufiventris.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Orthorhynchidae > psophodes olivaceus (whip-bird)

coach-whip1793

whip-bird1845

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Pachycephalinae > genus Pachycephala

coach-whip1793

thunder-birda1827

coachman1827

olive whistler1911

1793 W. Tench Compl. Acct. Settlem. Port Jackson xvii. 175 To one [of the smaller birds], not bigger than a tom-tit, we have given the name of coach-whip, from its note exactly resembling the smack of a whip.

1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 330 The loud cracking whip-like noise it makes (from whence the colonists give it the name of Coach-whip) may be heard from a great distance.

1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. i. 7 The ‘coach-whip’, with his peculiar jerking cry.

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger xxxiii. 310 There were..honey-eaters, coach-whips, wagtails, tits and robins.

c. elliptical. Any of the various coach-whip snakes, esp. Masticophis flagellum. U.S.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis

whip-snake1774

switch-snake1791

racer1818

coach-whip1827

prairie snake1832

1827 J. L. Williams View W. Florida 29 The coach-whip is most frequently seen in the pine barrens; he resembles a coach-whip, with a black handle; but is very innocent.

1835 W. G. Simms Partisan 255 The skin of a monstrous coachwhip which..he had been successful enough..to kill without bruising.

1887 Sci. Amer. LVII. 7 A ‘coach-whip’, a snake much like the common black snakes in form, but in color a very dark brown some two thirds of its length.

1943 Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill, Alabama) 12 Aug. 2/2 He was a coach-whip, which measured 72 inches in length.

2. figurative. A long thin strip; plural shreds, tatters.

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1781 Lieut. Archer in Naval Chron. 11 288 The Sails began to fly..into coach whips.

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3. Nautical. ‘The pendant’ (Adm. Smyth).

4. attributive, as coach-whip bird, coach-whip snake (see quots.).

1737 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 256 The Coach-whip Snake; so called from its being very long and slender like a Coach-whip.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 The Coach whip snake..is 6 or 7 feet long, and very slender and active.

1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 271/2 The ‘coach~whip’ bird..has a loud, full note, ending sharply like the crack of a whip.

1918 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. (ed. 4) 151 Rufous-breasted Whistler (Thickhead), Little Thrush, Ring Coachman, Coachwhip-Bird.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coach-whip
释义	coach-whipn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coach n., whip n. Etymology: < coach n. + whip n.For the semantic motivation of sense 1b see quot. 1793. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoach-whip. 1. a. A whip used in driving a coach. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle > whip postilion whip1621 cart-whip1713 gad-whip1819 coach-whip1833 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 65 The best lines..run taper like the lash of a coach-whip. b. One of two Australian birds, Psophodes olivaceus or Pachycephala rufiventris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Orthorhynchidae > psophodes olivaceus (whip-bird) coach-whip1793 whip-bird1845 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Pachycephalinae > genus Pachycephala coach-whip1793 thunder-birda1827 coachman1827 olive whistler1911 1793 W. Tench Compl. Acct. Settlem. Port Jackson xvii. 175 To one [of the smaller birds], not bigger than a tom-tit, we have given the name of coach-whip, from its note exactly resembling the smack of a whip. 1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 330 The loud cracking whip-like noise it makes (from whence the colonists give it the name of Coach-whip) may be heard from a great distance. 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. i. 7 The ‘coach-whip’, with his peculiar jerking cry. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger xxxiii. 310 There were..honey-eaters, coach-whips, wagtails, tits and robins. c. elliptical. Any of the various coach-whip snakes, esp. Masticophis flagellum. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis whip-snake1774 switch-snake1791 racer1818 coach-whip1827 prairie snake1832 1827 J. L. Williams View W. Florida 29 The coach-whip is most frequently seen in the pine barrens; he resembles a coach-whip, with a black handle; but is very innocent. 1835 W. G. Simms Partisan 255 The skin of a monstrous coachwhip which..he had been successful enough..to kill without bruising. 1887 Sci. Amer. LVII. 7 A ‘coach-whip’, a snake much like the common black snakes in form, but in color a very dark brown some two thirds of its length. 1943 Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill, Alabama) 12 Aug. 2/2 He was a coach-whip, which measured 72 inches in length. 2. figurative. A long thin strip; plural shreds, tatters. ΚΠ 1781 Lieut. Archer in Naval Chron. 11 288 The Sails began to fly..into coach whips. Categories » 3. Nautical. ‘The pendant’ (Adm. Smyth). 4. attributive, as coach-whip bird, coach-whip snake (see quots.). Π 1737 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 256 The Coach-whip Snake; so called from its being very long and slender like a Coach-whip. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 The Coach whip snake..is 6 or 7 feet long, and very slender and active. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 271/2 The ‘coach~whip’ bird..has a loud, full note, ending sharply like the crack of a whip. 1918 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. (ed. 4) 151 Rufous-breasted Whistler (Thickhead), Little Thrush, Ring Coachman, Coachwhip-Bird. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1737
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