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Definition of Swingletrees
1. swingletree [n] - See also: swingletree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swingletrees
Literary usage of Swingletrees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of by George Head (1836)
"... the pole chains and swingletrees attached to the wagon. A single rein is fixed
to the near horse's cheek, the other horse being made fast to his ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"1525. anil 152G. ; the swingletrees g, g, and guide pieces /,/, turning freely
above and below upon the said pin or bolt, and secured in their places ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"The swingletrees q, q,fig. 1513., are likewise jointed in the same way to the
... 1525. and 1526. ; the swingletrees q, q, and guide pieces /,/, turning ..."
4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1835)
"In this apparatus the windlasses to which the leathers of the swingletrees are
attached, are made capable of revolving so as to present their reversed side ..."
5. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"Eight horses were next given, when proceedings went forward by impulses of a few
steps at a time, with frequent breakage of swingletrees, chains, ..."
6. A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of by George Head (1836)
"... the pole chains and swingletrees attached to the wagon. A single rein is fixed
to the near horse's cheek, the other horse being made fast to his ..."
7. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"1525. anil 152G. ; the swingletrees g, g, and guide pieces /,/, turning freely
above and below upon the said pin or bolt, and secured in their places ..."
8. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"The swingletrees q, q,fig. 1513., are likewise jointed in the same way to the
... 1525. and 1526. ; the swingletrees q, q, and guide pieces /,/, turning ..."
9. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1835)
"In this apparatus the windlasses to which the leathers of the swingletrees are
attached, are made capable of revolving so as to present their reversed side ..."
10. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"Eight horses were next given, when proceedings went forward by impulses of a few
steps at a time, with frequent breakage of swingletrees, chains, ..."
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