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.

Exact synonyms: Swingletree, Whiffletree
Generic synonyms: Crossbar

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. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Whippletree

1. 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. The cornel tree. See: Whip, and cf. Whiffletree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whippletree

whippersnappers
whippet
whippets
whippier
whippiest
whipping
whippings
whipping boy
whipping cream
whipping post
whipping top
Whipple's disease
Whipple's operation
Whipple's penstemon
whippletree (current term)
whippletree (current term)
whippletrees
whipple disease
whippoorwill
whippoorwills
whippy
whipray
whiprays
whips
whipsaw
whipsawed
whipsawing
whipsawn
whipsaws
whipsnake

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