disselboom

/ ˈdɪsəlˌbʊəm /

noun

1. the main haulage shaft of a wagon or cart

Word History and Origins

Origin of disselboom¹

from Afrikaans dissel shaft + boom beam

Example Sentences

Just as they were approaching the water, the disselboom broke in half, and rendered the waggon quite unmanageable.

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The night slowly passed, and still Christina de Klerk paced up and down the grove, sometimes resting for a brief spell upon the disselboom of her waggon.

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They lent a hand, and when the team was outspanned and haltered to the disselboom inside a hastily improvised laager, they repaired to the house, carrying provisions with them.

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The two big after-oxen Achmoed and Bakir went down early; the Komati Drift had over-tried them, and the weight and jolting of the heavy disselboom on the bad roads finished them off.

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He would crow and cluck-cluck or kip-kip; he would go a few yards towards the waggons and scratch in the ground, pretending to have found something good, and invite them to come and share it; he would get on the disselboom and crow and flap his wings loudly; and finally he would mount on top of the coop and make all sorts of signals to the hens, who took not the least notice of him.

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