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Definition of Whippletree
1. Noun. A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.
Definition of Whippletree
1. n. 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.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Whippletree
1. Noun. a wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal ¹
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Definition of Whippletree
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Medical Definition of Whippletree
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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)
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