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Whippletree

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1733, OED Evaluation: N/A

Swingletree - In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the shoulders of the horse or other draught-animal.

ExampleMeaning
And then um they have whippletrees, single whippletrees, for each horse. Probably whippletree like um- you can attach each horse to it.
Swingletree - In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the shoulders of the horse or other draught-animal.
Interviewer: ... where would the horse go in- relative to the shafts? Speaker: Between the two shafts. And then there was ah- what the hay was or-something, and there was little places for the shaft to go in on the harness. And then a whippletree, a single whippletree. And the traces were hitched to the whippletree. ... whippletrees, single whippletrees, for each horse. Probably whippletree like um- you can attach each horse to it.
Swingletree - In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the shoulders of the horse or other draught-animal.

wild hay

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Some places they have round ones. Speaker: Some- yes, yeah. Yeah, some places they made them. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Just all round. Interviewer: Quite different. Um- Speaker: Brought them to a peak. Generally went and got a- a load of wild hay from the beaver meadow or somewhere. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: To put on the top because beaver hay turned the water much better than the other.
Hay collected from the wilderness as opposed to harvested from one's own farm.
Speaker: Just mow and- too wet for to put mowing machines or anything in. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: Yeah. But it- it was good feed. When they got it out. Interviewer: But that was particularly good for- for the top of the stack? Speaker: Yes. Oh, yes. Ah, a stack of wild hay never was spoiled, no. Interviewer: No? Speaker: You could throw it up and it wouldn't be spoiled.
Hay collected from the wilderness as opposed to harvested from one's own farm.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: -- We put it- we had a- a stable and a loft- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: The loft was above and you put up a hand, you-know? Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: You'd fork it up to the loft and somebody would stack it back and spread it back in the mow. Interviewer: Yes. This was wild hay. Speaker: Wild hay, yeah. Interviewer: Yes. Speaker: Beaver w-- what they call beaver hay.
Hay collected from the wilderness as opposed to harvested from one's own farm.

windrow

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1523, OED Evaluation: N/A

A row in which mown grass or hay is laid before being made up into heaps or cocks, in which sods, peats, or sheaves of corn are set up to be dried by exposure to the wind

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer 1: you have them in rows? Speaker: Yeah, yeah we had to have it in rows ah ah-- with a horse rig. Interviewer 1: Mm-hm. Speaker: We have of an old one down there yet, lying then in the building. Interviewer 1: What did you used to call that row? Speaker: Ah ah- Interviewer 2: Wind. Speaker: Windrow. Interviewer 1: Mm-hm. And then after you ah- you coiled it, where- where did- what happened to it then? Speaker: After it sat for so many days, we pitched it on the wagon and brought it in, pitched it into the loft (laughs). All by hand.
A row in which mown grass or hay is laid before being made up into heaps or cocks, in which sods, peats, or sheaves of corn are set up to be dried by exposure to the wind

wire fence

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1772, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Yeah. If it's complete wood that hasn't been split it would be a log fence. Speaker: Mm-hm. That's right. That's right, mm-hm. Interviewer: Yeah. Did you use wire for fences much? Speaker: Wire? Oh not too much. No, we did an odd fire wence (: wire fence) but not too many. Interviewer: No. The wood was cheaper I guess in those days. Speaker: Oh we had the wood of our own you see.
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.
Interviewer: Did you use the wire though that had s-- little spikes on it? Speaker: That was the- what do you call that now? They wouldn't- the cows wouldn't go where there was the- Interviewer: That's right. What- what was the name of that? Speaker: I forget the name of that. Wire fence? I know what you mean. Interviewer: It seems to me it begins with a B. Speaker: The- they were qu-- b-- wire crossed in pieces. A section. Interviewer: Well I'm talking about the wire and then they have an extra little sharp piece of wire twisted around so it stuck out. ... Something like a barbed wire fence. Speaker: Barbed wire fence. Like I say, I thought it was- Interviewer: Is that right? What was that? Speaker: I think so. A barbed wire fence. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Mm-hm.
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: But if a fence was made of wire that had spiky sharp piece of it ah- at intervals. Speaker: Well- Interviewer: So that if anything rubbed against it, it would scratch them. Speaker: Oh, that would- Interviewer: To keep people and animals- Speaker: That would- that would be a barbed-wire fence. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yes. Interviewer: That's a- a different sort of fence. Speaker: Barbed-wire fence. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yes.
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Well- well there'd be lightening and- and lightening was very dangerous, uh, sometimes lightening would strike trees, strike your house or a barn, burn out a- and if- if cattle were close to a wire fence sometimes they were electrocuted. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Did that seem to happen more uh, in early days than it does now? Speaker: W-- more now because- Interviewer: More now. Speaker: More now because at one time, see there's more- more wire fences now- Interviewer: Mm-hm.
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh, they were log fences, a lot of log fences. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Any other kinds? Speaker: And um, we had some wire fences. The wire fences were usually between the farms, separating two farms. Interviewer: Oh, I see. Speaker: But, if we wanted to separate fields, sometimes it was uh- was it long fences we called them, or what was that we called them? I can't just think. There'd be cedar poles, you-know?
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Or put in fencing material, and they'd go fencing. The auger for boring the post-holes, the s-- wire, a stretch of the wire itself. The hammers and everything-like-that. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Mm-hm. What ah, what kind of wire fences would these be that you're thinking of? Speaker: Ah well there was the ah barbed-wire fences, we had an ah- an- all the- of the ah- our farm was a corner lot that was roads on both sides, and we had wire fencing and on the left, but then um ah the other was split um poles, and they called it railed-fence.
A fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.

Yoke

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1050, OED Evaluation: NA

A contrivance, used from ancient times, by which two animals, esp. oxen, are coupled together for drawing a plough or vehicle; usually consisting of a somewhat curved or hollowed piece of wood fitted with ‘bows’ or hoops at the ends which are passed round the animals’ necks, and having a ring or hook attached to the middle to which is fastened a chain or trace extending backward by which the plough or vehicle is drawn. Also A frame fitted to the neck and shoulders of a person for carrying a pair of pails, baskets, etc.

ExampleMeaning
Ah, run through to the neck-yoke.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
Speaker: Well, ah, that'd have to be a- ah, pole, or tongue, between the horses. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Ah, run through to the neck-yoke. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: There's no- there's no pull between those lines. Interviewer: No. Speaker: No, well, you'd have to pull the neck-yoke, and the whippletrees would be attached to the- to the pole ahead of the front axle.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
ExampleMeaning
But Dad said there was oxen- they used oxen and they, used the big heavy yokes on the oxen. You ever see an oxen yoke? Well they had that, and ah they used the ploughs I think.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
Speaker: And there was whiffletrees and there was neck yokes and- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: All-this-kind-of-stuff.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
ExampleMeaning
Just showing people what they were like. These yokes went across the top of the neck here and they loop around here.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
That was for if you wanted to back up. That's what went on the neck yoke and you backed up.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
ExampleMeaning
Then- then- then they had a- they had a neck yoke and the neck yoke come up to there- about, I'd say three feet, two and a half three feet w-- uh, long and they had a ring in each end and they had what they call a full-stop that run from the- from the car around and out- out to the car on both horses and then sometimes they had what they call a ring.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.
ExampleMeaning
And a neck-yoke goes across in front of the horse and attaches to the hames on the collar of each horse.
A piece of wood or other such contrivance used to attach two animals near their necks.