whippletree

• 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. Crossbar for draft animalsC2formal

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

   Вага для упряжных животных

   • The farmer adjusted the whippletree to ensure the horse could pull the plow evenly.
   • The old carriage had a worn whippletree that needed replacing.
   • He examined the whippletree to make sure the traces were properly attached.

   Synonymsswingletreewhiffletree