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whippletree |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whippletree \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 [syn: {whiffletree}, {swingletree}]
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