whiffletree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whiffletree
First recorded in 1820–30; variant of whippletree
Example Sentences
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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 Henry MacMahon
The horses were driven down behind it, and from one of them de Spain took the collar, the tugs, and the whiffletree.
From Nan of Music Mountain by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 George W. Gage
Peter jumped to the whiffletree, then upon the seat, then into the wagon.
From The Westerners by Stewart Edward White
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