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whipstocks

whipstocks is the plural of whipstock.

Meaning of whipstock

Noun

whipstock (plural whipstocks)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    whipstick
  2. (broadly) The driver of a carriage.

Questions about whipstocks

What is whipstocks the plural of?
Whipstocks is the plural of whipstock.

Words near whipstocks in the dictionary

  1. whipstitch
  2. whipstitched
  3. whipstitches
  4. whipstitching
  5. whipstock
  6. whipstocks
  7. whipt
  8. whiptail
  9. whiptail disease
  10. whiptail disorder
  11. whiptail gulper

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