lasher
See also: Lasher
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlæʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
lash + -er
Noun
lasher (plural lashers)
- One who whips or lashes.
- A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.
Synonyms
- (rope for binding): lashing
Etymology 2
lash + -er; see lash (“slack”).
Noun
lasher (plural lashers)
- (UK) A weir in a river.
- 1869, Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why
- There is Basildon - and Hurley - and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher
- 1914, Coningsby Dawson, chapter 3, in The Raft:
- They paddled on in silence till they came to the lasher. Together they hauled the punt over the rollers ... Through the network of branches moonlight drifted, making ... water, rushing foam-streaked from the lasher, eerie and fantastic.
- 1869, Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why
Anagrams
- Hasler, ashler, halers, halser, harles, hersal