lasher noun. ['laʃǝ] E17.
[from LASH verb¹, verb² + -ER¹.]
1. A person who or (less commonly) a creature or thing which uses a lash. E17.
father-lasher: see FATHER noun.

2. Nautical. A rope used for fastening, a lashing. M17.

3. 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.

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