disselboom

British  

/ ˈdɪsəlˌbʊəm /

noun

1. the main haulage shaft of a wagon or cart

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Etymology

Origin of disselboom

from Afrikaans dissel shaft + boom beam

Example Sentences

So we walked to where Marais's wagon stood at the end of the line, and found him sitting on the disselboom cutting up tobacco with his pocket-knife.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider

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 Haggard, Henry Rider

Snap went the disselboom of the cart beneath the transverse strain put upon it.

From The Tale of Three Lions by Haggard, Henry Rider

Which is it to be?” concluded Dawes, whirling the knotted reims in the air, and bringing them down with a sounding swish upon the disselboom of the waggon.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram

Then we all went, leaving Henri Marais still cutting up his tobacco on the disselboom.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider