CLEVIS, noun An iron bent to the form of an ox bow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of a cartneap to hold the chain of the forward horse or oxen; or a draft iron on a plow.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.