disselboom
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans disselboom, from Dutch disselboom, a compound of dissel (“support pole”) and boom (“tree; beam”).
Noun edit
disselboom (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 edit
Etymology edit
From dissel (“support pole”) + boom (“tree; beam”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
disselboom m (plural disselbomen, diminutive disselboompje n)
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: disselboom