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WHIFFLETREE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
swingletree; whiffletree; whippletree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("whiffletree" is a kind of...):
crossbar (a horizontal bar that goes across something)