Bible Dictionaries
Whippletree

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The cornel tree.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whippletree'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/whippletree.html. 1828.