A withe formerly used to attach the swingle-tree to the head of the plough or to the harrow or cart.

a strap for linking animals together, used esp. with restive horses running in pairs.

Putting in or fastening with chains; harnessing; a linking or being linked together.

the reins that couple a pair of horses together.

a narrow strip of leather passing round the horns of draught oxen to keep them together.

The central chain or cable of twisted hide attached to a wagon-pole, to which the yokes of the oxen are fastened.

(in a plough, cart, etc.) either of two chains connecting the swingletree to the harness of a draught animal.

= trek-tow, n.

(see quots.).