whippletree

whip·ple·tree

W5125200 (wĭp′əl-trē′, hwĭp′-)n. Upper Northern US See singletree.

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[Perhaps blend of dialectal whippin, whippletree and swingletree.]

whippletree

(ˈwɪpəlˌtriː) n (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) another name for swingletree[C18: apparently from whip]

whif•fle•tree

(ˈʰwɪf əlˌtri, ˈwɪf-)

n. Northern U.S. a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a vehicle or a plow. Also called whippletree , singletree. [1820–30; variant of whippletree]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

whippletree - a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pullingswingletree, whiffletreecrossbar - a horizontal bar that goes across something