weigh-treen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪtriː/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌtri/

Forms: 1500s 1800s– way-tree, 1800s– wey-tree, 1900s– weigh-tree.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: weigh v.¹, tree n.

Etymology: Apparently < weigh v.¹ (although this is first attested later with reference to a weight-bearing pole; compare weigh n.¹ 3) + tree n.

Chiefly English regional (midlands). Now rare.

= swingletree n. 2. Also: spec. the largest of the three units of a swingletree; = evener n. 2b.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other parts of plough

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plough-strake1395

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weigh-tree1578

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pole wedge1733

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brace1808

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wing-bar1844

sill1877

1578 in M. A. Havinden Househ. & Farm Inventories Oxfordshire (1965) 94 A brydell..2 waytrees..5 yonge horse and mares.

1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. ii. 24 A cross-bar, called a ‘way-tree’, attached at each end to the bulls by short chains, and fastened by moveable pins.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 35 Sway-tree, Swingel-tree, and Way-tree, are synonymous in different parts of the county.

1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 726/3 Way-tree, (Lincolns.), the largest tree of the three ‘swingle-trees’.

1879 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 856 All the ground was then harrowed with light harrows..attached to a long ‘wey-tree’, or whipple-tree, with a horse hooked on at each end, driven by a man from behind with reins.

1903 Jrnl. Board Agric. 10 301 The most suitable and convenient arrangement would be a single spiral spring fastened on to the central draught hook of the wey-tree of a set of whipple trees.

1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 132 Evener,..[Hertfordshire, Essex] Weigh-tree.

1981 N. Rayner & K. Chivers Heavy Horse Man. vi. 122 The middles of the two draught-bars are hooked to a weigh-tree, and the centre of the weigh-tree is hooked to the plough.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weigh-tree
释义	weigh-treen. Brit. /ˈweɪtriː/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌtri/ Forms: 1500s 1800s– way-tree, 1800s– wey-tree, 1900s– weigh-tree. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: weigh v.¹, tree n. Etymology: Apparently < weigh v.¹ (although this is first attested later with reference to a weight-bearing pole; compare weigh n.¹ 3) + tree n. Chiefly English regional (midlands). Now rare. = swingletree n. 2. Also: spec. the largest of the three units of a swingletree; = evener n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other parts of plough plough-line1384 plough-strake1395 cleat1419 weigh-tree1578 spindle1616 pole wedge1733 table1763 throat1771 brace1808 wang1808 wing-bar1844 sill1877 1578 in M. A. Havinden Househ. & Farm Inventories Oxfordshire (1965) 94 A brydell..2 waytrees..5 yonge horse and mares. 1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. ii. 24 A cross-bar, called a ‘way-tree’, attached at each end to the bulls by short chains, and fastened by moveable pins. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 35 Sway-tree, Swingel-tree, and Way-tree, are synonymous in different parts of the county. 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 726/3 Way-tree, (Lincolns.), the largest tree of the three ‘swingle-trees’. 1879 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 856 All the ground was then harrowed with light harrows..attached to a long ‘wey-tree’, or whipple-tree, with a horse hooked on at each end, driven by a man from behind with reins. 1903 Jrnl. Board Agric. 10 301 The most suitable and convenient arrangement would be a single spiral spring fastened on to the central draught hook of the wey-tree of a set of whipple trees. 1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 132 Evener,..[Hertfordshire, Essex] Weigh-tree. 1981 N. Rayner & K. Chivers Heavy Horse Man. vi. 122 The middles of the two draught-bars are hooked to a weigh-tree, and the centre of the weigh-tree is hooked to the plough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578
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