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† spring-tree Obs.
[f. spring v.1]
A bar or cross-piece to which the ends of a horse's traces are attached; a swingle-tree. Also attrib.
1623Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. xlii, To Butlin 6 daies paling, and making springtrees for the coach. 1648Wilkins Math. Magic i. iv. 26 At each of its extremities there is a severall spring-tree..to which either horses or oxen may be fastned. a1723Wren Disc. Archit. in Phillimore Times, etc. (1881) 346 At the end of this Rope is a Spring-tree (as our Coachmen use for ye two fore Horses). 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Madder 5 I 1/1 The part where the links of the spring-tree bar are fastened. Ibid. s.v. Potatoe 6 E 3/2, I put a double spring-tree bar to the cultivator, to avoid the poaching of the horses. |