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whorlbat

whorlbat is the alternative form of whirlbat.

Meaning of whirlbat

Noun

whirlbat (plural whirlbats)

  1. (archaic) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it.
  2. (archaic, poetic) The cestus of ancient boxers.

Forms of whorlbat

pluralwhorlbats

Questions about whorlbat

What is whorlbat the alternative form of?
Whorlbat is the alternative form of whirlbat.

Words near whorlbat in the dictionary

  1. whorl
  2. whorl feet
  3. whorl foot
  4. whorl snail
  5. whorl snails
  6. whorlbat
  7. whorlbats
  8. whorled
  9. whorler
  10. whorlers
  11. Whorley

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whorlbat (page history and authors); whirlbat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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