WHIFFLETREE

Meaning of WHIFFLETREE in English

[whif.fle.tree] n [alter. of whippletree] (ca. 1806): the pivoted swinging bar to which the traces of a harness are fastened and by which a vehicle or implement is drawn

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WHIFFLETREE — noun Etymology: alteration of whippletree Date: circa 1806 the pivoted swinging bar to which the traces of a harness are …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHIFFLETREE — ˈhwifəl(ˌ)trē, -_tri also ˈwi- noun or whip·ple·tree -ipəl- Etymology: whiffletree alteration of whippletree, from whipple- (perhaps irregular from whip ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHIFFLETREE — (n.) Same as Whippletree.
Английский словарь Webster
WHIFFLETREE — ( n. ) Same as Whippletree.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIFFLETREE — /hwif"euhl tree', wif"-/ , n. Northern U.S. a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHIFFLETREE — n. hardware which attaches a carriage to the harnesses of the horses pulling it
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WHIFFLETREE — noun Etymology: alteration of whippletree Date: circa 1806 : the pivoted swinging bar to which the traces of a harness …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHIFFLETREE — noun ·same·as whippletree.
Webster English vocab
WHIFFLETREE — ■ noun N. Amer. a swingletree. Origin C19: var. of whippletree .
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHIFFLETREE — n. US = SWINGLETREE. [var. of WHIPPLETREE]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHIFFLETREE — n. US = SWINGLETREE. [ var. of WHIPPLETREE ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHIFFLETREE — n. US SWINGLETREE. Etymology: var. of WHIPPLETREE
Oxford English vocab
WHIFFLETREE — (сельскохозяйственное) вага (упряжки)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHIFFLETREE — = whippletree
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WHIFFLETREE — (n) вага
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHIFFLETREE — = whippletree
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHIFFLETREE — = whippletree
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHIFFLETREE — (сельскохозяйственное) вага (упряжки)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHIFFLETREE — n. Pronunciation: ' hwi-f ə l-( ˌ )tr ē , ' wi- Function: noun Etymology: alteration of whippletree Date: circa …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHIPPLETREE — noun Etymology: perhaps irregular from whip + tree Date: 1733 whiffletree
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWINGLETREE — noun Etymology: Middle English swyngyll tre, from swyngyll rod for beating flax (from Middle Dutch swengel) + tre tree Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SINGLETREE — noun Date: circa 1841 whiffletree
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tre, tree, from Old English trēow; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRACE — I. ˈtrās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from tracer, tracier to trace — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRONG — I. ˈprȯŋ, ˈpräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pronge, prange; perhaps akin to Middle High German pfrengen to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLIP — I. ˈklip verb ( clipped ; clipped ; clipping ; clips ) Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALANGA — fəˈläŋgə, -aŋ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from New Greek phalanga , oblique form of phalangas bastinado, modification (probably …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHIPPLETREE — variant of whiffletree
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUG CHAIN — noun 1. : a short chain at the end of a harness tug to attach it to the whiffletree 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRACE CHAIN — noun 1. a. : a harness trace of chain b. : a short chain by which a leathern trace is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWINGLETREE — ˈswiŋgəl.(ˌ)trē, -l.tri noun Etymology: swingle (I) + tree : whiffletree
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLETREE — /dub"euhl tree'/ , n. a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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