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whiffletree
U.S. variant of whippletree.
1842W. P. Hawes Sporting Scenes II. 69 Our whiffle⁓tree became detached from the vehicle, and fell upon the horse's heels. 1855Bristed in Cambr. Ess. 65 Whiffle-tree, the invariable American for splinter-bar. 1868Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 256 A boy can lead a horse, with a suitable chain attached to the whiffletree. 1896Century Mag. Nov. 23 With trace-chains rattling and whiffletrees snapping over the stumps of trees. |