whipstock
whipstock noun: the stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
Noun
whipstock (plural whipstocks)
- The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
- He had need mean better than his outward show
Can any way speak in his just commend;
For by his rusty outside he appears
To have practised more the whipstock than the lance.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry... - Jerry gave one terror-stricken look, wound his reins round the whipstock, and, leaping from his seat, disappeared behind a convenient tree.1895, Kate Douglas Wiggin, “The Eventful Trip of the Midnight Cry”, in The Village Watch-Tower, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 216
- Synonyms:
- whipstick
- He had need mean better than his outward show
- The driver of a carriage.
Synonyms of whipstock
Forms of whipstock
| plural | whipstocks |
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Origin of whipstock
From whip + stock.
Questions about whipstock
- What does whipstock mean?
- Whipstock means the stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
- What part of speech is whipstock?
- Whipstock is a noun.
- What is the plural of whipstock?
- The plural of whipstock is whipstocks.
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