clevis

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.Type of coupling, coupler
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Clev′is noun

Origin: Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel.

A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; — called also clavel, clevy.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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