Stockwhip
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stockwhip is a noun meaning An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
Meaning
An Australian whip made of a long, tapered length of flexible, plaited leather with a stiff handle, used when mustering cattle.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To use such a whip.
Example Sentences
He then started to stockwhip Frencham, curling the whip six times around his body.
[…] Mrs. Pansy McLash, the keeper of the Siding House, was flogging a herd of goats from her garden. The goats surged on to the railway, intent on escaping the stockwhip whistling behind, and Mrs. McLash went after them, intent on teaching them the lesson of their lives.
Word Forms
- stockwhips
- stockwhipping
- stockwhipped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bullwhip, bull-whip, horsewhip, coachwhip, dogwhip, cowhide.
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