whiffletree

/hwif-uhl-tree, wif-/US // ˈʰwɪf əlˌtri, ˈwɪf- //UK // (ˈwɪfəlˌtriː) //

小树苗,小树,小树枝,蕙兰

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Northern U.S.
- : a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a cart, carriage, plow, etc.

The whiffletree would swing round and hit them, and when their collars were taken off, their necks would be raw and bloody.
This wore away at last and on the third day I had no difficulty in keeping up my end of the whiffletree.
Twelve “Swingle trees” (whippletree, whiffletree, singletree) are listed in the inventory.
Page 169, illustration caption: "probaby" changed to "probably" (b, chain, probably from whiffletree).
The only way they feel comfortable is when harnessed with the face toward the whiffletree and their back to the end of the shafts.