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swingletree

Noun

swin=gle=tree

WORDNET DICTIONARY

swingletree(n = noun.artifact) whiffletree, whippletree - a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling; Array

is a kind of crossbar

swingletree, n. [So named in allusion to its swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.].

A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree. [1913 Webster]

swingletree, n. a crossbar pivoted in the middle, to which the traces are attached in a cart, plough, etc.

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