Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached for harnessing two animals abreast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
equalizing-bar (which see, underbar ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a
harness are connected to asingletree , two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
Etymologies
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Examples
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A comfortable option is the DoubleTree Biltmore Hotel (115 Hendersonville Rd.; 828-274-1800; biltmorefarmshotels. com/doubletree; rooms from around $150 a night).
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For a full list of green certified Doubletree hotels throughout the U.S., visit doubletree. com
Lauren Elyse Matison: Eco Escapes: 10 Hotels Around the World Plant Trees For Guests Lauren Elyse Matison 2010
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The faithful, mature, reliable draft horse or ox stands still under one side of the doubletree or yoke, while the new, impulsive, willful partner is harnessed.
Finding the Yoke Easy Belinda 2009
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The doubletree served as a lever on which to mount two singletrees.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 John T. Schlebecker
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Three horses drew the plow, which has three singletrees and one doubletree.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 John T. Schlebecker
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Every homesteader who had a tug that would fasten over a doubletree, a wagon that could still squeak, or a flivver that had a bolt in it, went into the transportation business -- hauling the seekers from Pierre or from McClure to look at the land.
Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl
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Her father called to her fretfully, and she went in to him again and told him what Sorry had said about the cracked doubletree, and persuaded him to let her bring his supper at once, and to have the fruit later when Frank arrived.
Sawtooth Ranch B. M. Bower 1905
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"Well, he started off with a cracked doubletree," he said slowly.
The Quirt B. M. Bower 1905
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Her father called to her fretfully, and she went in to him again and told him what Sorry had said about the cracked doubletree, and persuaded him to let her bring his supper at once, and to have the fruit later when Frank arrived.
The Quirt B. M. Bower 1905
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"Well, he started off with a cracked doubletree," he said slowly.
Sawtooth Ranch B. M. Bower 1905
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