horsewhip
See also: horse whip
English
Etymology
Noun
horsewhip (plural horsewhips)
Hypernyms
Translations
whip used on horses
Verb
horsewhip (third-person singular simple present horsewhipp, present participle ing, simple past and past participle horsewhiped)
- (transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
- 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.