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whipsocket

noun

Etymology

whip + socket.

  1. derived from *suH-✻
  2. derived from *sukkos✻
  3. derived from *soccus✻
  4. derived from soc
  5. derived from soket
  6. inherited from socket
  7. compounded as whipsocket — “whip + socket”

Definitions

  1. A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.

    • The reins were wrapped around the whipsocket. The buggy was empty. This was nothing unusual at livery stables, for their customers often left their rigs to return alone […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whipsocket. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA