hunting-crop en · NOUN
Meanings
-
A hunting whip, without a thong, that can be used for opening gates.
Bonamy took up a bill for a hunting-crop.
1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 173"Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop."
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hunting crop | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hunting-crops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ru охо́тничий хлы́ст (a hunting whip) · ga fuip fiaigh (a hunting whip)