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quirt

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quirt  (kwûrt)
n.
A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.
[Probably from American Spanish cuarta, whip, ultimately from Latin qurta, fourth; see quart.]
quirt [kwɜːt] US and South African
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a whip with a leather thong at one end
vb (tr)
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to strike with a quirt
[from Spanish cuerda cord]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quirt - whip with a leather thong at the end
whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
Translations
quirt
n (US) → geflochtene Reitpeitsche


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Half a dozen times spurs and quirt bit into him, and then Daylight settled down to enjoy the mad magnificent gallop.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
He returned alone, weeping, with news that young O'Hara, to whom he had been doing nothing in particular, had hailed a scarlet-bearded nigger on horseback; that the nigger had then and there laid into him with a peculiarly adhesive quirt, picked up young O'Hara, and borne him off at full gallop.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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