disselboom
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of disselboom
from Afrikaans dissel shaft + boom beam
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It was a highly ornamented, springless vehicle of wood and gilded, something like a packing-case with a pole, or as we should call it in South Africa, a disselboom, to which the horses were harnessed.
From The Ancient Allan by Henry Rider Haggard
The oxen are not yet made fast to the disselboom for the night, and one of my natives is away to collect them.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
Just as they were approaching the water, the disselboom broke in half, and rendered the waggon quite unmanageable.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
They lent a hand, and when the team was outspanned and haltered to the disselboom inside a hastily improvised laager, they repaired to the house, carrying provisions with them.
From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young
He only sat himself again upon the disselboom of the wagon and went on cutting up the tobacco viciously, as though he were slicing the heart of a foe.
From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
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