About The Word Whippletree
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Whippletree
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What's The Definition Of Whippletree?
[n] a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
Synonyms | Synonyms for Whippletree: swingletree | whiffletree Related Terms | Find terms related to Whippletree: See Also | crossbar Whippletree In Webster's Dictionary \Whip"ple*tree`\, n. [See {Whip}, and cf.
{Whiffletree}.]
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs,
of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a
plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a
whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See
{Singletree}.
[People] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot.
--Emerson.
2. (Bot.) The cornel tree. --Chaucer.
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