| 单词 | whiffletree |
| 例句 | We have hitherto treated thought, feeling, and will, as separate parts of consciousness, defining each, by implication, much as we would define wheel, tongue, and whiffletree, as parts of a wagon. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z From each of his feet there went a rope ending with a whiffletree, to which a horse was attached. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z She stepped down on the whiffletree, her heavy waving hair falling in masses of curls and crinkles over her shoulders. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z He took the whiffletree from the wagon, let a chain drag behind it, and harnessed the mules. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z A few days after the episode with Blake, Angus busy in his workshop ironing a set of whiffletrees, had a visit from Godfrey French. The Land of Strong Men But within a few miles of Paris a whiffletree broke, the ungainly vehicle stopped, and the men jumped off to hold the horses and repair the damage. Orphans of the Storm When traveling any distance, a second horse is added on the left, abreast of the first, and attached to the volante by an added whiffletree and traces. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The horses were driven down behind it, and from one of them de Spain took the collar, the tugs, and the whiffletree. Nan of Music Mountain This wore away at last and on the third day I had no difficulty in keeping up my end of the whiffletree. A Son of the Middle Border "It's the whiffletree, I think," she said, as if she were used to wagons. The La Chance Mine Mystery Did you ever notice the whiffletrees of my team-trotting wagon, how they extend on each side beyond the hubs of the wheels? The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Henderson sang Scotch lyrics very well, and Bacheller was full of tunes from his North Country, whilst I—well if I didn't keep my whiffletree off the wheel, it was not for lack of effort. A Daughter of the Middle Border She managed to undo one, and to slip out the fastening of the trace, on one side, where it held to the whiffletree. Faith Gartney's Girlhood I no longer heard the monotonous creak of harness and whiffletrees and the rumble of wheels; I saw no longer the stars and the darkness of the night. The Light in the Clearing I did some fair jury work with a lucky bit of spruce wood, the whiffletree, and the axle, and got the pole spliced. The La Chance Mine Mystery These labels are strong enough to withstand shocks from whiffletrees and tools, and should last ten years. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Talking and swearing to himself cheerfully, Bonny applied the end of a broken whiffletree to the blunt lip of the old hearthstone which marked the stage-house chimney. The Desert and the Sown Jinny was hitched to the fence, and at the doctor's signalling hand, the stage drew up, with rattling whiffletrees. The Awakening of Helena Richie With lightning quickness I reached over the dashboard down to the whiffletrees and unhooked one each of the horses' traces. Over Prairie Trails So was I, with a girl to take care of, a tied-on pole and whiffletree, and practically no gun; for there was not a single loose cartridge in my pockets. The La Chance Mine Mystery One end he fastened securely to the front axle of the car, attaching the other to the whiffletree that he had made to use in the woods. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim The peculiar thing about the "rig" was that while it was a tongued wagon with whiffletrees for two horses, there was only one horse. The Perils of Pauline To right and left, near at hand and far away he heard the rumble of wheels, the creak of whiffletrees, and the plodding feet of animals. When Egypt Went Broke But before he could attach it to his place on the whiffletree again, Ranald stood ready for work. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa The whiffletree would swing round and hit them, and when their collars were taken off, their necks would be raw and bloody. Beautiful Joe The shock detached the whiffletree from the splinter-bar, snapped the light pole, and, turning the now thoroughly frightened animals again from their course, sent them, goaded by the clattering fragments, flying down the turnpike. Susy, a story of the Plains And when he took up the whiffletrees to swing them around to a log or stump, his horses wheeled at once into place. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa |
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