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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
  2. Whipple procedure
  3. Whipple procedures
  4. Whipple shield
  5. Whipple shields
  6. whipple tree
  7. whipple trees
  8. Whipple's disease
  9. whipple-tree
  10. whipple-trees
  11. Whipples

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