meaning of whippletree
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree.
2. The cornel tree.
3. a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
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