= swingletree, n. 2.

In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the…

A transverse bar used to harness horses to a carriage, plough, etc., and to which the traces are attached; a swingletree. Also more fully spring-tr…

(a) the beam supporting the spindle of the upper stone in a grain mill, one end of which may be raised or lowered to adjust the distance between the…

= whippletree, n.2 Also whippintree.

= swingletree, n. 2.

A whipple-tree. Obsolete.

A swingle-tree or whipple-tree.

In a plough, horse-drawn cart, etc.: a crossbar pivoted in the middle to which the traces are attached; = swingletree, n. 2. Cf. swindle bar, n.

(a) the swingle-tree of a coach, etc.; (b) U.S. ‘the coupling between a locomotive and its tender’ (Webster 1864).

= whippletree, n.2

a crossbar pivoted in the middle, to which the traces are attached in a horse-drawn cart, plough, or similar; = swingletree, n. 2.

= swingletree, n.

= swingletree, n. 2.

= swingletree, n. 2.

the splinter-bar or draught-bar; formerly called the fore-block or fore-bar.