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Meaning of SWINGLETREE

Pronunciation:  'swinggul`tree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
 
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 Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree
 
 See Also: crossbar

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Swin"gle*tree`\, n. [So named in allusion to its
swinging. See {Swingle}, v. i., and cf. {Swingtree}.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See {Singletree}.
 

 

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