whipsocket

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noun

A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.

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Meanings

nounwhipsocket (plural whipsockets)

plural whipsockets

  1. A mount on a buggy that holds the whip while it is not in use.

    The reins were wrapped around the whipsocket. The buggy was empty. This was nothing unusual at livery stables, for their customers often left their rigs to return alone […]

    2016, Stewart H. Holbrook, Murder Out Yonder: True Crime Stories from America's Frontier, page 72

Origin

whip + socket.

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APA

whipsocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipsocket

MLA

“whipsocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipsocket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipsocket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipsocket.

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