Definition of "lashers" [lashers]

• Plural form of lasher. (noun)

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• "They have tiny, whip-like threads, called lashers, which beat at the water, filtering out tiny plants and animals to use as food."
• "He ordered the Hellespont to be lashed three-hundred times, making the lashers recite words condemning what had been done to the bridge by the Hellespont."
• "Before the back-lashers skip the rest of this column and just start posting irate comments below, let me air my record on gay rights: I'm a member of HRC."