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whippletree

[ hwip-uhl-tree, wip- ]

noun

, Northern U.S.


whippletree

/ ˈwɪpəlˌtriː /

noun

  1. another name for swingletree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of whippletree1

1725–35; whipple ( whip, -le ) + tree
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Word History and Origins

Origin of whippletree1

C18: apparently from whip
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Example Sentences

The whippletree, dangling from the end over the beaten circular track, seemed cracked with heat and age.

Twelve “Swingle trees” (whippletree, whiffletree, singletree) are listed in the inventory.

After three quarters of an hour or so I was suddenly startled alert by hearing the squeak-squeak of a whippletree out on the lawn.

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