A bullwhip is a single-tailed whip, usually made of braided leather, designed as a tool for working with livestock. Bullwhips are pastoral tools, traditionally used to control livestock in open country. A bullwhip`s length, flexibility, and tapered design allows it to be thrown in such a way that, toward the end of the throw, part of the whip exc.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip