Whippletree: alternatives and connections

A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against…

That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.

A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow,…

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangu…

To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carr…

A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a s…

The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands p…

One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted up…

An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is…

The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down…

To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied, or carried out, by means of an implement or implement…

To put into harness; to harness.

To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.