Horsewhip

Origin

horse + whip

Full definition of horsewhip

Noun

1. A whip used on horses.

Verb

1. To flog or lash somebody savagely with a horsewhip.
• 1876, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister, He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand ... But there were difficulties. A man is not horsewhipped simply because you wish to horsewhip him.