Associations to the word «Whippletree»

Wiktionary

WHIPPLETREE, noun. A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin