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dissel-boom S. Africa.|ˈdɪs(ə)lbuːm|
Also disselboom.
[Du. (pron. ˈdɪsəlboːm) = ‘the beam or pole of a vehicle’, f. dissel shaft + boom beam, boom.]
The pole of a wagon.
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 150 The pole (disselboom) is ten feet long, having at the end a strong iron staple. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Disselboom, the pole of a wagon in the Cape colony. 1881Fenn Off to Wilds xxix, The oxen were all secured to the dissel-boom and trek-tow. 1887Rider Haggard Jess viii, The tented cart, with its..stout stinkwood dissel-boom. 1930R. Campbell Adamastor 65 In my last trek be thou the Star To whom I hitch my disselboom. |