The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whirlbat
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.
The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be
Reserved for C[ae]sar.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
whirlbat
n. 1 (context archaic English) Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. 2 (context archaic poetic English) The cestus of ancient boxers.