Definition of "whip-hand" [whip-hand]

• The hand that holds the whip in riding or driving—that is, the right hand. (noun)
• An advantage, or advantageous position. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Beyond this, what Mr. Santorum's astonishing whip-hand run to a photo finish from the rear of the pack means is hard to know exactly, but the increasingly smug Romney campaign ought to give it thought."
• "Besides, the ranch included the clay-pit, and it would give him the whip-hand over Holdsworthy if he ever tried to cut up any didoes."
• "I agree with MY that the “watchful eye and whip-hand” was the only way I ever got through Kant and Aristotle (in English)."