كيف تنطق "whipstaff"

word

ˈwɪpˌstæf

WIP-staf

ˈwɪpˌstɑːf

WIP-stahf

التعريف

A whipstaff is a wooden rod used on old sailing ships to steer the vessel by moving the tiller, before the invention of the ship’s wheel.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈwɪpˌstæf

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈwɪpˌstɑːf

أمريكي

WIP-staf

بريطاني

WIP-stahf

The sailor used the whipstaff to steer the ship.

A whipstaff is made of strong wood.

Old ships often had a whipstaff instead of a wheel.

Without a whipstaff, steering those large galleons was nearly impossible.