whipsy-derryn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪpsᵻdəri/,

/ˈwɪpsɪˌdɛri/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪpsiˌdɛri/

Forms: Also whipsider(r)y, whipsey-derry.

Etymology: apparently connected with whip n. 15 and derrick n.

A contrivance for hoisting (esp. ore in shallow mines), consisting of a derrick with a ‘whip’ or simple pulley attached, and worked by a horse or horses. Also simply whipsy and whip and derry at whip n. 15a.

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whipsy-derry1857

1857 J. T. Tregellas London Director in Farmer Brown's Blunders 33 ‘What is a Whipsiderry, sir?’ said I. ‘A Whipsiderry,’ said he, ‘es a thing for rising trade, 'tes a sort of a whem.’

1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart xxxiv Two waggons, laden with..whipsidery pulleys, disjointed fragments of steam-engines, and miners' gads and crowbars.

1866 R. P. Whitworth Bailliere's S. Austral. Gazetteer 116 There are..2 double whipseys, and several single whipseys.

1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) xiii. 76 With the ‘derrick’ or ‘whipsey-derry’ the cost will be a little more than with the horse-whim.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whipsy-derry
释义	whipsy-derryn. Brit. /ˈwɪpsᵻdəri/, /ˈwɪpsɪˌdɛri/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpsiˌdɛri/ Forms: Also whipsider(r)y, whipsey-derry. Etymology: apparently connected with whip n. 15 and derrick n. A contrivance for hoisting (esp. ore in shallow mines), consisting of a derrick with a ‘whip’ or simple pulley attached, and worked by a horse or horses. Also simply whipsy and whip and derry at whip n. 15a. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > derrick derrick1738 whipsy-derry1857 1857 J. T. Tregellas London Director in Farmer Brown's Blunders 33 ‘What is a Whipsiderry, sir?’ said I. ‘A Whipsiderry,’ said he, ‘es a thing for rising trade, 'tes a sort of a whem.’ 1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart xxxiv Two waggons, laden with..whipsidery pulleys, disjointed fragments of steam-engines, and miners' gads and crowbars. 1866 R. P. Whitworth Bailliere's S. Austral. Gazetteer 116 There are..2 double whipseys, and several single whipseys. 1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) xiii. 76 With the ‘derrick’ or ‘whipsey-derry’ the cost will be a little more than with the horse-whim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1857
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