| Whippletree 1. (n.) 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. 2. (n.) The cornel tree. Thesaurus Entries Easter sepulcher, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, cross bitt, crossarm, crossbar, crosspiece, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, doubletree, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, singletree, swingletree, transom, transversal, transverse, traverse, triforium, vestry, whippletree |