buggy whip
English
editNoun
editbuggy whip (plural buggy whips)
- A horsewhip with a long stiff shaft and a relatively short lash, used for driving a horse harnessed to a buggy or other small open carriage.
- went the way of the buggy whip
Usage notes
editIn the twentieth century, after the advent of widespread automobile use and diminished horse use, the buggy whip became a symbol of obsoleted technologies and disrupted business models.
Hypernyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- See whip § Hyponyms