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Rebenque
Rebenque is the name in Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish for a type of whip used by gauchos in South America.
The word derives from the French raban, Dutch ra-band, from ra 'yard-beam' + band. Originally it was the rope that ties the sail to the yard, but soon came to mean a whip made of leather or tarred hemp, used to punish sailors (compare rope's end).
Especially in Argentina, it is the traditional riding, fighting, and punishing whip of the gaucho (the Argentine
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