English
Etymology
From Spanish cuerda �cord�, or Mexican Spanish cuarta �whip�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /kw�:t/
Noun
en-noun
#A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
#:*1973: She raised the handle of her beautiful quirt to her eyes and scanned the Western horizon. � Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 96)
#:*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
#To use a quirt to urge a horse on to greater speed.
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