buggy whip

English

Noun

buggy whip (plural buggy whips)

1. A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.

   went the way of the buggy whip

Usage notes

In the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horse use, the buggy whip became a symbol of obsoleted technologies and disrupted business models.

Hypernyms

• whip
  • horsewhip

Coordinate terms

• See whip § Hyponyms