voorslagn.
/ˈfʊərslax/ The lash of a whip.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > whip-lash
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1833 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 4 Apr. 3 He then took his whip and in endeavouring to frighten them began using the ‘voor slach’ of the whip.
1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld v. 43 Putting a new voorslag (lash) to the wagon-whip, that its smack might be clear and loud.
1910 J. Buchan Prester John iii. 59 He roared with laughter at my way of tying a voorslag.
1939 ‘D. Rame’ Wine of Good Hope i. v. 71 The great twelve foot driving whip with its thong of eland hide..and its thin, cutting voorslag.
1973 Farmer's Weekly 30 May (Suppl.) 37 Voorslags 86c doz.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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