Whip"ple*tree` (?), n. [See Whip, and
cf. Whiffletree.]
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces,
or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or
other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a
singletree. See Singletree.
[People] cut their own whippletree in the
woodlot.
Emerson.
2. (Bot.) The cornel tree.
Chaucer.
Whip"ple*tree` (?), n. [See Whip, and
cf. Whiffletree.]
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces,
or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or
other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a
singletree. See Singletree.
[People] cut their own whippletree in the
woodlot.
Emerson.
2. (Bot.) The cornel tree.
Chaucer.
