disselboom

/ (ˈdɪsəlˌbʊəm) /

noun

Southern African the main haulage shaft of a wagon or cart

Origin of disselboom

from Afrikaans dissel shaft + boom beam

Words Nearby disselboom

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How to use disselboom in a sentence

You can hardly take up a paper anywhere without seeing a paragraph headed ‘The disselboom again.’
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
“Now I am ready,” he said, rising and strolling over to the waggon, where he seated himself on the disselboom.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
Then we all went, leaving Henri Marais still cutting up his tobacco on the disselboom.
Marie | H. Rider Haggard
Slipping quickly over the driver's seat, he dropped between the two "wheelers" to the disselboom, or tongue, of the trek wagon.
Real Soldiers of Fortune | Richard Harding Davis
The oxen are not yet made fast to the disselboom for the night, and one of my natives is away to collect them.
The Induna's Wife | Bertram Mitford

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