riding crop

riding crop

n (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a short whip with a thong at one end and a handle for opening gates at the other

crop

(krɒp)

n., v. cropped, crop•ping. n. 1. the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop. 2. the yield of such produce in one season. 3. the yield of any product in a season. 4. a group of persons or things appearing or occurring together: the new crop of freshmen. 5. the stock or handle of a whip. 6. a short riding whip consisting of a stock without a lash. 7. a. a pouch in the esophagus of many birds, in which food is held for later digestion or for regurgitation to nestlings. b. a chamber in the foregut of some annelids and insects for holding and crushing food. 8. a mark produced by clipping the ears, as of cattle. 9. a close cutting of something, as the hair. v.t. 10. to cut or bite off the top of (a plant, grass, etc.): sheep cropping the grass. 11. to cut off the ends or a part of: to crop the ears of a dog. 12. to cut short. 13. to trim (a photographic print or negative). 14. to cause to bear a crop. v.i. 15. to yield a crop. 16. to feed by cropping or grazing. 17. crop out, a. to rise to the surface of the ground: Veins of quartz crop out in the canyon walls. b. to occur. 18. crop up, to appear, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly. [before 900; Middle English, Old English: sprout, ear of corn, paunch, crown of a tree, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kropp, Old High German kropf, Old Norse kroppr; compare croup²]

Thesaurus

Noun

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riding crop - a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gateshunting cropwhip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

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