riding crop

English

a 30 inch (760 mm) riding crop, with a 16 cm US dollar bill to show scale

Etymology

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Noun

riding crop (plural riding crops)

1. A horsewhip, short whip used to goad a mount.

Translations

horsewhip

• Dutch: rijzweep (nl), karwats (nl) f
• Esperanto: vipeto
• Finnish: ratsupiiska, raippa (fi)
• French: cravache (fr) f
• German: Gerte (de) f
• Icelandic: peyi
• Italian: frustino (it) m, scudiscio (it) m
• Macedonian: корбач m (korbač)
• Norwegian: ridepisk
• Ottoman Turkish: قرباچ (kırbaç), سوط (savt)
• Polish: szpicruta (pl) f
• Portuguese: chibata (pt)
• Russian: хлыст (ru) m (xlyst)
• Spanish: fusta (es) f