*whippletree*

n. [ See Whip, and cf. Whiffletree. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ People ] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The cornel tree. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]