Whippletree

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The cornel tree.

II. Whippletree ·noun The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. ·see Singletree.