| 单词 | gad-whip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgad-whip gad-whip n. English regional (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire) a large or heavy whip; cf. sense 2a.Sometimes spec. with reference to the use of such a whip in the custom of gad-cracking (gad cracking n.) formerly observed on Palm Sunday in Caistor, Lincolnshire. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle > whip postilion whip1621 cart-whip1713 gad-whip1819 coach-whip1833 1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller III. 607/2 At Caistor church every Palm Sunday..a person from Broughton brings a very large ox-whip, called here a gad-whip,..and cracks his whip in front of the porch door three times [etc.]. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 74/1 Gad-whip, a long heavy whip. 1983 R. H. Richens Elm ix. 120 (caption) Gad whip used at Caistor (Li) church. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 114/1 Gad-whip, ox whip made of ash. < as lemmas |
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