a riding whip with a braided leather lash and a short handle
Origin of quirt
American Spanish cuarta, quirt, long whip from Spanish cuerda, rope from Classical Latin chorda: see cord to strike with a quirt
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quirt
noun
A riding whip with a short, stiff handle and a lash made of two or more loose thongs.
Origin of quirt
Probably from American Spanish cuarta whip ultimately from Latin quārta fourth ; see quart .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present quirts, present participle quirting, simple past and past participle quirted)
- To strike with a quirt.
Origin
From Spanish cuerda (“cord"), or Mexican Spanish cuarta (“whip").
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