horsewhip

See also: horse whip

English

Etymology

horse +‎ whip

Noun

horsewhip (plural horsewhips)

A whip for use on horses.

Hypernyms

whip

Translations

whip used on horses

Chinese:
Mandarin: 马鞭 (zh) (mǎbiān)
Danish: ridepisk c
Dutch: rijzweep (nl) f, karwats (nl) f
Finnish: ratsupiiska
French: cravache (fr) f
Hungarian: lovaglóostor
Italian: frustino (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ridepisk m
Nynorsk: ridepisk m
Ottoman Turkish: سوط‎ (savt)
Polish: szpicruta f
Russian: хлыст (ru) m (xlyst)
Spanish: fusta (es) f

Verb

horsewhip (third-person singular simple present horsewhips, present participle horsewhipping, simple past and past participle horsewhipped)

(transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 22:
  "Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city. Only think, sir, of horsewhipping a publisher!" and Mr. Lintot grew pale with excess of horror.
- 1876, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister:
  He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand […] But there were difficulties. A man is not horsewhipped simply because you wish to horsewhip him.