单词 | quirt |
释义 | quirt/kwəːt /noun A short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash.For years people who want to have a recreational horse, and enjoy themselves, and don't want to have to be pulling and jerking on their horse or smacking it around with a quirt, or ramming the spurs home, have benefitted from our program. verb [with object] Hit with a quirt: Claggart quirted her again and again...
OriginMid 19th century (originally US): from Spanish cuerda 'cord' (from Latin chorda 'cord') or from Mexican Spanish cuarta 'whip'. Rhymes |
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