whipstock

[ hwip-stok, wip- ]

noun

1. the handle of a whip.

whipstock

/ ˈwɪpˌstɒk /

noun

1. a whip handle

Word History and Origins

Origin of whipstock¹

First recorded in 1520–30; whip + stock

Example Sentences

I did impeticos thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose is no whipstock: My lady has a white hand, and the Myrmidons are no bottle ale-houses.

From Project Gutenberg

But the young man said nothing further as he wrapped the lines around the whipstock and began to climb down.

From Project Gutenberg

The first, alas! poor Dwarf, I understand, I made a whipstock of a faery’s wand; The next is snoring in their company; The next, the last, the direst of the three, Is making free when they are not at home.

From Project Gutenberg

I was a Prince—a baby prince—my doom, You see, I made a whipstock of a wand, My top has henceforth slept in faery land.

From Project Gutenberg

And it is where the "whipstock," a curving drill stem that steals oil from other wells, was long king.

From Time Magazine Archive