cat-o'-nine-tails

noun

Definition of cat-o'-nine-tailsnext
as in strap

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  1. strap
  2. birch
  3. hickory
  4. crop
  5. rattan
  6. rawhide
  7. bullwhip
  8. cowhide
Noun
  • Instead of a single strap, the Nao utilizes a harness system (with multiple adjustment points) for your head.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Styles include a vegan leather top handle tote with a chain strap.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of strap
Noun
  • People with oral allergy syndrome (OAS) may develop a strawberry tongue after eating raw fruits or vegetables pollinated by grasses, birch trees, or ragweed.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Driving here takes you past a flip book of silver birch and lakes, pines and lakes.
    Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of birch
Noun
  • Virginia Shenandoah National Park is home to deciduous trees, including oaks, hickories, maples, and birches resulting in a stunning color palette ranging from deep reds and oranges to bright yellows and golds.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Shades of fire and flame illuminate maples and hickories, while towering oaks and beeches change to copper before emptying their branches.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of hickory
Noun
  • Standing soybeans, freshly cut corn, or any other crop with waist grain on the ground can be great.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Lots of layers and super short crops like pixies and bobs.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of crop
Noun
  • Expect to find swivel gliders in airy white linen, cribs and dressers accented with handwoven caning, and daybeds made from honey-toned rattan.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Done up with vintage-style rattan and wicker, all five units are delights.
    Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of rattan
Noun
  • The decor is wittily maximalist—Elton John’s idea of a cowboy saloon—with rawhide banquettes and giant antlers for a chandelier.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
  • However, during the FBI tests in 2022 at the agency’s lab in Quantico, Va., forensic analysts used a rawhide mallet to strike the gun so hard that components of the gun fractured.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Definition of rawhide
Noun
  • On a coat hook by the door hangs a fedora, a bullwhip and a leather messenger bag.
    Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
  • Knight, who once brought a bullwhip to practice and took a gentle swipe in the direction of Calbert Cheaney, a Black player.
    The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of bullwhip
Noun
  • The recently re-designed Great Hall of the Lodge, which offers sweeping views of the golf course, is adorned by large-scale cowhide quilts by Kyle Bunting that utilize patterns traditional to Appalachia that have been passed down through generations of women.
    Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Rather, the Dune actor has been slinging her belongings—and her boyfriend Tom Holland’s new beverage line—into the new Neverfull Inside Out in black cowhide leather, which is decidedly more discreet than the original.
    Alice Newbold, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of cowhide
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