See Also: lasher(dictionary)
father-lasher(medicine)

lasher (iou)



lasher noun. E17.
[from LASH verb1, verb2 + -ER1.]
A person who or (less commonly) a creature or thing which uses a lash. E17.
father-lasher: see FATHER noun.
Nautical. A rope used for fastening, a lashing. M17.
On the River Thames in southern England: the body of water that rushes over an opening in a barrier or weir; (the opening in) a weir. L17.
J. K. Jerome The pool under Sandford lasher..is a very good place to drown yourself in.
b. The pool into which this water falls. M19.