Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whipstock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whip-stock
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.

noun

The driver of a carriage.

Example Sentences

"He had need mean better than his outward show Can any way speak in his just commend; For by his rusty outside he appears To have practised more the whipstock than the lance."
"Jerry gave one terror-stricken look, wound his reins round the whipstock, and, leaping from his seat, disappeared behind a convenient tree."
"[…] cowherds and carters had goads and whipstocks of quicken-wood, to counteract the witch who could bring the team to a standstill, whence the old sayings: Woe to the lad Without a rowan-tree gad, and: If your whipstock’s made of rown You may ride through any town."
"He liked to have [the axe-helve] slender as a whipstock, Free from the least knot, equal to the strain Of bending like a sword across the knee."

Etymology

From whip + stock.

Inflected Forms

whipstocks (plural)

Synonyms

whipstick

Questions

What does whipstock mean?: The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
Where does whipstock come from?: From whip + stock.

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