WHIRLBAT

Meaning of WHIRLBAT in English

(n.) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

WHIRLBAT — noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by whirl ) (I) of hurlbat obsolete : cestus III
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHIRLBAT — ( n. ) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIRLBAT — noun anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; applied …
Webster English vocab
HURLBAT — (n.) See Whirlbat.
Английский словарь Webster
HURLBAT — ( n. ) See Whirlbat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HURLBAT — noun ·see whirlbat.
Webster English vocab

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