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whippletree

[ hwip-uhl-tree, wip- ]

noun

Northern U.S.


whippletree

/ ˈɪəˌٰː /

noun

  1. another name for swingletree
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whippletree1

1725–35; whipple ( whip, -le ) + tree
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whippletree1

C18: apparently from whip
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Example Sentences

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After three quarters of an hour or so I was suddenly startled alert by hearing the squeak-squeak of a whippletree out on the lawn.

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We ran all the way; and we took the whippletrees off the double wagons, and brought all the spare rope halters.

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The whippletree, dangling from the end over the beaten circular track, seemed cracked with heat and age.

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