WHIPPLETREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whippletree mean? 

• WHIPPLETREE (noun)
  The noun WHIPPLETREE 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: WHIPPLETREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIPPLETREE (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 ("whippletree" is a kind of...):

crossbar (a horizontal bar that goes across something)