whiffletree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whiffletree
First recorded in 1820–30; variant of whippletree
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The whiffletree of the plow or cultivator used should be carefully fendered with rubber or a soft woolen packing that will effectually guard against the carelessness of workmen.
From Cacao Culture in the Philippines by William S. (Scrugham) Lyon
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
This wore away at last and on the third day I had no difficulty in keeping up my end of the whiffletree.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
We have hitherto treated thought, feeling, and will, as separate parts of consciousness, defining each, by implication, much as we would define wheel, tongue, and whiffletree, as parts of a wagon.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
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
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