whipstick

See also: Whipstick

English

Etymology

From whip +‎ stick.

Noun

whipstick (plural whipsticks)

1. A whipstock; the handle of a whip.
   • 1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life, Chapter 6:

     So Priestley, with a sinister glitter in his patient eyes, had reversed his whipstick, pliant end downward, and bent along the ground. He knew the nature of seasoned pine. A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nilla-nilla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation.

References

• “whipstick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.