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whipple-tree

whipple-tree is the alternative form of whippletree.

Meaning of whippletree

Noun

whippletree (plural whippletrees)

  1. A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.
    • The single whippletree should have a chain attached to bring it out even with the other two.1889, George E. Blakelee, Blakelee's Industrial Cyclopedia, page 364

Forms of whipple-tree

pluralwhipple-trees

Questions about whipple-tree

What is whipple-tree the alternative form of?
Whipple-tree is the alternative form of whippletree.

Words near whipple-tree in the dictionary

  1. Whipple shield
  2. Whipple shields
  3. whipple tree
  4. whipple trees
  5. Whipple's disease
  6. whipple-tree
  7. whipple-trees
  8. Whipples
  9. whippletree
  10. whippletrees
  11. whippo

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