swingletree

swin·gle·tree

S0946900 (swĭng′gəl-trē)n. Chiefly British A singletree.

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[From English swingle, wooden instrument used for beating flax, from Middle English, from Middle Dutch swinghel.]

swingletree

(ˈswɪŋɡəlˌtriː) n (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a crossbar in a horse's harness to which the ends of the traces are attached. Also called: whippletree or whiffletree (esp US)[C15: from swingle + tree (in the sense: a post or bar)]

whif•fle•tree

(ˈʰwɪf əlˌtri, ˈwɪf-)

n. Northern U.S. a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces of a harness are fastened for pulling a vehicle or a plow. Also called whippletree , singletree. [1820–30; variant of whippletree]

Thesaurus

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swingletree - a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pullingwhiffletree, whippletreecrossbar - a horizontal bar that goes across something