Meanings
nounwhipstaff (plural whipstaffs or whipstaves)
plural whipstaffs · plural whipstaves
- nauticalA bar, going through the poopdeck, attached perpendicularly to the tiller for steering a ship.
Origin
Translations
Dutch kolderstok
- kolderstokbar to steer a vessel
Finnish peräsinvipu
- peräsinvipubar to steer a vessel
French timon, fouet
- timonbar to steer a vessel
- fouetbar to steer a vessel
German Ruderstock
- Ruderstockbar to steer a vessel
Russian колдершто́к
- колдершто́к (kolderštók)bar to steer a vessel
Swedish kullerstock
- kullerstockbar to steer a vessel
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APA
whipstaff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstaff
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“whipstaff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstaff. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipstaff,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipstaff.
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