Whippletree (mechanism)
The Ortscheit, also called Klippschwengel, is part of a team of horses of draft animals. It is a moving bar of solid wood or metal. It serves as a connector between the strands, where drag the draft animals, and the pad or a scale, which in turn is attached to the carriage. The Ortscheit prevented with a chest -strap harness by his mobility, that the horse 's shoulders chafing at the dish.