The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
chabuk (plural chabuks)
(now, historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
Source: Wiktionary
Cha*bouk", Cha*buk", n. Etym: [Hind. chabuk horsewhip.]
Definition: A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.