'Whirlbat' definitions:

Definition of 'Whirlbat'

From: GCIDE

Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n. Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. [1913 Webster]
The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Caesar. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]