The stick or staff to which the lash of a whip is attached; the handle of a whip.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > of specific tool > of whip (6) whipstock1530 The stick or staff to which the lash of a whip is attached; the handle of a whip. crop1562 spec. The upper part of a whip; hence the whole stock or handle of a whip. whipstalk1592 = whipstock, n. 1. whipstaff1599 = whipstock, n. 1. whip-shaft1849 = whipstock, n. 1. whip-handle1911 the handle of a whip, a whipstock; also figurative (see quot. 1653; with quot. 1861 cf. whip hand, n. 2). |
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