disselboom
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Afrikaans disselboom, from Dutch disselboom, a compound of dissel (“support pole”) and boom (“tree; beam”).
Noun
editdisselboom (plural disselbooms)
- One of the poles supporting a wagon.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines:
- That morning on which Mr. Neville was starting I saw Jim standing by my wagon and cutting up tobacco on the disselboom.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom dissel (“support pole”) + boom (“tree; beam”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdisselboom m (plural disselbomen, diminutive disselboompje n)
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: disselboom
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