whiffletree

• Поперечная планка, которая крепится к постромкам упряжной лошади и к транспортному средству или орудию, которое лошадь тянет.

A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.

1. Draft horse equipmentC2formal

   A pivoted crossbar used in horse-drawn vehicles, connecting the traces of a harness to the vehicle or implement being pulled.

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   • The farmer adjusted the whiffletree before hitching the horse to the plow.
   • A broken whiffletree can bring a wagon to a halt.
   • The blacksmith forged a new whiffletree for the carriage.

   Synonymsswingletreewhippletree