iron-strap
US Whaling (now rare )
noun
A short piece of rope connecting a line to a harpoon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- whip scorpion
- whip-smart
- whip snake
- whips of
- whip someone into
- whip someone's ass
- whip someone up
- whip something up
- whipstitch
- whipstock
- whiptail
- whiptail lizard
- whiptail wallaby
- whipworm
- whir
- whirl
- whirler
- whirligig
- whirligig beetle
- whirling disease
- whirlingly
- whirlpool
- whirlpool bath
- whirlwind
- whirlybird