Stockwhip
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
"[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives."
- 1 To use such a whip. transitive
"He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body."
Example
More examples"[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives."
Etymology
From stock + whip.
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