Usually means: Lever steering device on ships.
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  1. whipstaff: Collins English Dictionary
  2. whipstaff: Wordnik
  3. whipstaff: Wiktionary
  4. Whipstaff: Dictionary.com
  5. Whipstaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Whipstaff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. whipstaff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Whipstaff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. whipstaff: FreeDictionary.org
  10. whipstaff: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Whipstaff: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.

Similar:
whipstock, coachwhipping, whipple-tree, whipple tree, cartwhip, whippletree, whip, whisker pole, whippe, twiddling line, more...

Types:
cane, rod, switch, cat o' nine tails, crop, quirt, more...

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Similar:
whipstock, coachwhipping, whipple-tree, whipple tree, cartwhip, whippletree, whip, whisker pole, whippe, twiddling line, more...

Types:
cane, rod, switch, cat o' nine tails, crop, quirt, more...



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