[The first element is app. f. WHIP; cf. WHIPPIN.] = SWINGLETREE 2.
1733. W. Ellis, Chiltern & Vale Farm., 319. Two Whipple-trees of two Foot sixteen Inches each, that the Horses draw by.
1790. Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts, VIII. 247. A Spring and Index fixed to a Whipple-tree for ascertaining the force exerted in the Draught of Carriages, &c.
1834. Brit. Husb., I. 165. These carts are capable of being drawn either by two horses abreast, or by the same number at length; for which purpose there are suitable staples fixed for hanging the whipple-tree upon.
1891. Malden, Tillage, 110. Iron Whippletrees for Two Horses Abreast.
