whipsocket

whipsocket

English

Etymology

whip +‎ socket.

Noun

whipsocket (plural whipsockets)

  1. A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.
    • 2016, Stewart H. Holbrook, Murder Out Yonder: True Crime Stories from America's Frontier, page 72:
      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 […]
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