whippletree

As nouns the difference between whippletree and singletree

is that whippletree is a wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal while singletree is a bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.

As a noun whippletree is

a wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and whippletree

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while whippletree is a wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal.