"whipple tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whipple trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whipple tree (plural whipple trees)
  1. Alternative form of whippletree Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whippletree
    Sense id: en-whipple_tree-en-noun-OWWaFntZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whipple tree meaning in English (1.2kB)

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          "text": "They had a horse hitched to a whipple tree, and on the whipple tree was a pulley.",
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          "ref": "1983, Murray Mednick, Plays from Padua Hills 1982, page 83",
          "text": "Russ: Oh, behind each horse is an iron whipple tree.",
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          "ref": "2010, Horse Hoeing Husbandry, page 551",
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