blacksnake

[ blak-sneyk ]

/ ˈblækˌsneɪk /

Also called black racer. a blackish racer, Coluber constrictor subspecies, of the eastern U.S., that grows to a length of 6 feet (1.8 meters).

any of various other snakes of a black or very dark color.

a heavy, tapering, flexible whip of braided cowhide or the like.

Origin of blacksnake

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35; black + snake

Just then Mr. Blacksnake wedged his head in under the old log and began to push and wriggle harder than ever.

Mother West Wind's Animal Friends |Thornton W. Burgess
He forgot everything but the need of getting out of sight of Mr. Blacksnake as soon as ever he could.

The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad |Thornton W. Burgess
Then great Blacksnake, “The Climber,” offered to go for fire.

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains |Unknown
With a couple of effortless bounds, the blackcat reached the trunk and slipped up it with the ease and speed of a blacksnake.

Wild Folk |Samuel Scoville

Let us be strong, and punish the venomous Blacksnake, as we punished the big soldier long ago.

Little Oskaloo |Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh

blacksnake

/ (ˈblækˌsneɪk) /

any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)

any of various dark nonvenomous snakes, such as Coluber constrictor (black racer)

US and Canadian a long heavy pliant whip of braided leather or rawhide