whippletree

[ hwip-uhl-tree, wip- ]

nounNorthern U.S.

Origin of whippletree

1
1725–35; whipple (see whip, -le) + tree

Words Nearby whippletree

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How to use whippletree in a sentence

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

    Foes in Ambush | Charles King
  • 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.

    The Four Pools Mystery | Jean Webster

British Dictionary definitions for whippletree

whippletree

/ (ˈwɪpəlˌtriː) /


noun
  1. another name for swingletree

Origin of whippletree

1
C18: apparently from whip

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