horsewhip
Equestrian discipline tool
A horsewhip is a long, flexible whip designed for controlling horses, typically with a short handle and a long lash.
To horsewhip someone is to beat them with such a whip—or by extension, any similar instrument.
The word evokes old-fashioned punishment or righteous vengeance: He threatened to horsewhip the scoundrel who'd dishonored his daughter.
Cultivated agricultural plants
- quirtShort-handled riding whip
- riding cropShort stiff equestrian whip
- lashStrike or bind
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
bullwhip · rawhide · thong · switch · cane · leather · handle · plaited
Strike or bind
Beating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
corporal · flagellation · scourging · caning · strapping · discipline · correction · birching
Controlling while mounted
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
- bridleEquine control harness
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
trot · canter · dressage · jockey · stable · paddock · mare · stallion
Forcing into submission
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
coercion · mastery · control · submission · servitude · enslavement · degradation · intimidation
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
- quirtShort-handled riding whip
- riding cropShort stiff equestrian whip
- lashStrike or bind
scourge · bullwhip · rawhide · thong · switch · cane · leather · handle · plaited · braided
lash
Strike or bind
beat · strike · slash · flick · snap · sting · welt · stripe · cut · switch
flogging
Beating as punishment
chastisement · corporal · flagellation · scourging · caning · strapping · discipline · correction · birching · stripes
riding
Controlling while mounted
gallop · trot · canter · dressage · jockey · stable · paddock · mare · stallion · gelding
subjugation
Forcing into submission
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
tyranny · coercion · mastery · control · submission · servitude · enslavement · degradation · intimidation · abuse
- whipsbullwhip, riding crop, crop, lash, blacksnake
- corporal punishmentflogging, caning, lashing, beating, spanking