lash
noun
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
lasher
-
a word derived from
lash.
Example Sentences
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The next minute the bows of his boat whirled round, the old tub grounded, and then, turning over, shot him out on to the planking of the steep descent into the small lasher.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
Old Holywell Mill was on a branch of the Cherwell, and stood just behind Magdalen Walks, whence a charming view was had of its wheel and lasher.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
"But now you're getting chilled," and he turned from the lasher and looked at Tom's chattering jaws.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes
One continued heterogeneous living stream was pouring on from St “Ole’s” to King’s barge, and thence across the river in punts, down to the starting-place by the lasher.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
But it was so powerful now as it neared the lasher that they made far more way onward to destruction than they did across the stream; still they did near the bank a little.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
