dissel-boomn.
/ˈdɪsəlbuːm/, U.S. /ˈdɪsəlˌbum/, South African English /ˈdɪsəlbʊəm/ South African.
The pole of a wagon.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > shaft(s) or pole
thillc1325
limber1480
sway1535
neap1553
draught-tree1580
wain-beam1589
beam1600
fills1609
spire1609
foreteam?1611
verge1611
shaft1613
rangy1657
pole1683
thrill1688
trill1688
rod1695
range1702
neb1710
sharp1733
tram1766
carriage pole1767
sill1787
tongue1792
nib1808
dissel-boom1822
tongue-tree1829
reach1869
wain-stang1876
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. viii. 150 The pole (disselboom) is ten feet long, having at the end a strong iron staple.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Disselboom, the pole of a wagon in the Cape colony.
1881 G. M. Fenn Off to Wilds xxix The oxen were all secured to the dissel-boom and trek-tow.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess viii. 68 The tented cart, with its..stout stinkwood dissel boom.
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 65 In my last trek be thou the Star To whom I hitch my disselboom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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