whipmanship en · NOUN
Etymology
From whipman + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The skill or art of using a whip.
It is absurd in any sojourner at the Cape priding himself upon his whipmanship, for every countryman can fan along six or eight horses with as much nicety as a mail-coachman his favourite team: […]
1843, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, page 168: