Clevis

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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, wagen, ·etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, ·etc.;

— called also clavel, clevy.

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clevis
An iron bent to the form of an ox-bow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the en...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.