单词 | whippletree |
释义 | † whippletreen.1 Obsolete. Of uncertain origin and meaning. Usually glossed ‘cornel-tree’ and compared with Middle Low German wipelbôm, which, with wiepen- and weipkenbôm, glosses Latin cornus. (In the absence of a French gloss in quot. 1530, the identity of the word intended is doubtful.) Π c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2065 Mapul, thorn, bech, hasel, Ew, whippeltre [v.rr. Whippul-, -il-, whipil-, wypul-]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/1 Whypple tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). whippletreen.2 = swingletree n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > swingletree toastree1613 whippin1697 whippletree1733 whiffletree1842 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harrowing equipment > [noun] > harrow > parts of harrow-tooth1483 bull?1523 harrow-bull?1523 spindle1616 whippin1697 whippletree1733 tining1760 sheth1788 slot1799 harrow-tine- society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree swing-tree1396 swingletree1483 spring-tree1600 bridge tree1607 whippin1697 whippletree1733 cross-tree1765 splinter-bar1765 swindle-tree1801 shackle-bar1834 whiffletree1842 heel tree1846 single-tree1847 swingle-bar1849 pulling-tree1895 trace-block1900 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 319 Two Whipple~trees of two Foot sixteen Inches each, that the Horses draw by. 1790 Trans. Soc. Arts 8 244 A Spring and Index fixed to a Whipple-tree for ascertaining the force exerted in the Draught of Carriages. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 165 These carts are capable of being drawn either by two horses abreast, or by the same number at length; for which purpose there are suitable staples fixed for hanging the whipple~tree upon. 1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 110 Iron Whippletrees for Two Horses Abreast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1386n.21733 |
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