Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
swingletree .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bar behind
draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, thatbalances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_aparejo_ or an _arroyo_ as casually as Jack would say "singletree" or
The Eagle's Heart Hamlin Garland 1900
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Searching behind the rectangular boulder, he detected part of a buried metal singletree, a device used in harnessing horses.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
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There in the creek, which was deep but still narrow enough to step across with scarcely a hop, was a catfish that looked longer than a singletree for an ox team, though much greater in girth.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Playmate began to poke and prod me with a singletree forefinger.
Angry Lead Skies Cook, Glen 2002
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Several period artifacts were found in the second boat, including a bottle and coin of pre-Civil War date, two corn knives, a singletree (used in hoisting loads), horseshoes, and leather goods.
Vintage Canal Boats 1998
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There in the creek, which was deep but still narrow enough to step across with scarcely a hop, was a catfish that looked longer than a singletree for an ox team, though much greater in girth.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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The main thing that bothered him was that he lacked a saddle, but July took care of that by borrowing an old singletree from Peach Johnson.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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The main thing that bothered him was that he lacked a saddle, but July took care of that by borrowing an old singletree from Peach Johnson.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
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The main thing that bothered him was that he lacked a saddle, but July took care of that by borrowing an old singletree from Peach Johnson.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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"It's better than that old singletree of yours," Pea Eye said.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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