On the rig, the engineers positioned two whipstocks to redirect the drill bit into the secondary reservoir.

I carefully reinforced the fraying hem with whipstitches so the sweater would last another season.

After cutting the felt, she spent the afternoon whipstitching the edges of the doll to keep the stuffing from coming out.

The whipsters tended to gather at the old pier every summer evening to swap stories.

During the meeting, the resident whipster corrected everyone's citations and quoted obscure philosophers.

At the rodeo, the whipsman cracked his whip to signal the start of the performance.

She whipstitched the torn cuff of her sweater to keep it from fraying further.

The botanist carefully measured the whipstalks before preparing the herbarium samples.

When a sudden squall pushed the stern, the helmsman seized the whipstaff — the long vertical bar that passed through the poopdeck and was attached at right angles to the tiller — and shoved it to swing the rudder and bring the ship around.

The museum's new exhibit displayed several whipstaves used by sailors to steer eighteenth-century vessels.