Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swingletree"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swingletree \Swin"gle*tree`\, n. [So named in allusion to its
swinging. See {Swingle}, v. i., and cf. {Swingtree}.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See {Singletree}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swingletree
n : a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse
and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
[syn: {whiffletree}, {whippletree}]
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