whiffletree / ˈʰwɪf əlˌtri, ˈwɪf- /

📖毕业后词汇小树苗小树小树枝蕙兰

whiffletree 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Northern U.S.

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

更多whiffletree例句

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