whiffletree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whiffletree
First recorded in 1820–30; variant of whippletree
Example Sentences
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When traveling any distance, a second horse is added on the left, abreast of the first, and attached to the volante by an added whiffletree and traces.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
I did some fair jury work with a lucky bit of spruce wood, the whiffletree, and the axle, and got the pole spliced.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.
But within a few miles of Paris a whiffletree broke, the ungainly vehicle stopped, and the men jumped off to hold the horses and repair the damage.
From Orphans of the Storm by MacMahon, Henry
She jes' bus' de whiffletree li'l bit, suh.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
From each of his feet there went a rope ending with a whiffletree, to which a horse was attached.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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