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Definition of Swingletree
1. Noun. A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.
Definition of Swingletree
1. n. A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
Definition of Swingletree
1. Noun. a whippletree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swingletree
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swingletree
Literary usage of Swingletree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof by John Pendleton Kennedy (1840)
"... AT LAW BETWEEN JOE SNARE AND IKE swingletree. JUST at this period, the True
Grits once more began to give themselves airs of importance in Quodlibet. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The swingletree gives freedom of alternating action to the shoulders of the horse,
and also prevents that motion from being communicated to the vehicle. ..."
3. Quodlibet: Containing Some Annals Thereof by John Pendleton Kennedy (1840)
"... AT LAW BETWEEN JOE SNARE AND IKE swingletree. JUST at this period, the True
Grits once more began to give themselves airs of importance in Quodlibet. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The swingletree gives freedom of alternating action to the shoulders of the horse,
and also prevents that motion from being communicated to the vehicle. ..."
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