quirt
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quirt /kwəːt/
▶noun a short-handled riding whip with a braided leather lash. ▶verb hit with a quirt.
– origin C19 (orig. US): from Sp. cuerda ‘cord’ (from L. chorda ‘cord’) or from Mex. Sp. cuarta ‘whip’.
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