WHIFFLETREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whiffletree mean? 

• WHIFFLETREE (noun)
  The noun WHIFFLETREE has 1 sense:

1. a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling

  Familiarity information: WHIFFLETREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIFFLETREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

swingletree; whiffletree; whippletree

Hypernyms ("whiffletree" is a kind of...):

crossbar (a horizontal bar that goes across something)