whipping side

noun

Of a sheep, the last side that is shorn.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounwhipping side (plural whipping sides)

plural whipping sides

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandOf a sheep, the last side that is shorn.

    Then when he flew down the ‘whipping side,’ set the sheep on its legs and booted it into the pen before his opponent was a-quarter way through he became popular with the audience.

    1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 89
Cite this entry
APA

whipping side. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipping%20side

MLA

“whipping side.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipping%20side. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipping side,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipping%20side.

Source: whipping side on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.