Quirt

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuerda ‘cord’, or Mexican Spanish cuarta ‘whip’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /kwɜ:t/

Noun

Quirt (plural Quirts)

1. A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

   • 1994: He rode his horse with the reins tied and he wore a pistol at his belt and a plain flatcrowned hat of a type no longer much seen in that country and he wore tooled boots to his knees and carried a quirt. — Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing

Verb

quirt

1. To use a quirt to urge a horse on to greater speed.