Whippletree

Quick meaning: Whippletree is a noun meaning A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.

Meaning

A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.

Example Sentences

Like the whippletree, the wheelbarrow only became known in the Middle Ages.

The single whippletree should have a chain attached to bring it out even with the other two.

Note the two-horse whippletree on the beam at the lower left. (A whippletree, of which this is the simplest possible, balances the load on the animals.)

Word Forms

• whippletrees
• whipple-tree
• whipple tree

Synonyms for whippletree

Depending on context, synonyms include swinglebar, swingletree, whiffletree.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swingletree, whiffletree, whipple-tree, evener, swinglebar, whipstaff.

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