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cravache

cravache noun: a riding crop.

Noun

cravache (plural cravaches)

  1. A riding crop.
    • Our young pilot […] used his cravache with enviable skill.1899, anonymous author, “From St. Malo to Monte-Carlo”, in St. Martin's-le-grand, volume 9
    • The other spurred them on with a cravache he whirled over their long ears.1895, Julien Gordon, Poppaea

Forms of cravache

pluralcravaches

Origin of cravache

Borrowed from French cravache. Doublet of kurbash.

Questions about cravache

What does cravache mean?
Cravache means a riding crop.
What part of speech is cravache?
Cravache is a noun.
What is the plural of cravache?
The plural of cravache is cravaches.

Words near cravache in the dictionary

  1. craunched
  2. craunches
  3. craunching
  4. craunchingly
  5. Crauns
  6. cravache
  7. cravat
  8. cravate
  9. cravated
  10. cravates
  11. Cravath

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