单词 | single-tree |
释义 | single-treen. U.S. and Australian. = swingletree n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree swing-tree1396 swingletree1483 spring-tree1600 bridge tree1607 whippin1697 whippletree1733 cross-tree1765 splinter-bar1765 swindle-tree1801 shackle-bar1834 whiffletree1842 heel tree1846 single-tree1847 swingle-bar1849 pulling-tree1895 trace-block1900 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A single-tree is fixed upon each end of the double-tree when two horses draw abreast. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Single-tree, a crosspiece for fastening harness. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. iii. 58 The old mare..moved herself square to a single-tree by which her trace-chains were fastened. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmassingle-tree single-tree adj. ΚΠ c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 74 The top~masts are made in one spar, and are called single tree. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xi. 345 They have single-tree canoes. < n.1847 as lemmas |
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