| 释义 |
ˈdraught-tree ? Obs.
The pole of a wagon or other vehicle, to which the drawing gear is attached.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong. Le Limon d'vn chariot..the beame whereon the iron hangeth in a Waine, the draught tree of a wagon, coache, or carte. c1611Chapman Iliad xxiii. 358 His draught-tree fell to earth, and him the toss'd up chariot threw Down to the earth. 1789Madan tr. Persius (1795) 130 note, Temo signifies the beam of a wain, or the draught-tree whereon the yoke hangeth. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §109 Carts..[having] a very thick axle-tree, upon which is fixed a stout planking or platform, that terminates in a draught-tree for steerage and yoking the cattle to. |