disselboom

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noun

One of the poles supporting a wagon.

OriginAfrikaans disselboom ← Dutch disselboom →
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Meanings

noundisselboom (plural disselbooms)

plural disselbooms

  1. One of the poles supporting a wagon.

    That morning on which Mr. Neville was starting I saw Jim standing by my wagon and cutting up tobacco on the disselboom.

    1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

Origin

  1. Dutchdisselboom
  2. Afrikaansdisselboom
  3. Englishdisselboom

Borrowed from Afrikaans disselboom, from Dutch disselboom, a compound of dissel (“support pole”) and boom (“tree; beam”).

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APA

disselboom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disselboom

MLA

“disselboom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disselboom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disselboom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disselboom.

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