- Swingtree
- Swingtree Swing"tree`, n. The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
swingtree — /swing tree /, n. a whiffletree. [1350 1400; ME; appar. syncopated var. of SWINGLETREE] * * * … Universalium
swingtree — /swing tree /, n. a whiffletree. [1350 1400; ME; appar. syncopated var. of SWINGLETREE] * * * swingˈtree noun A whippletree • • • Main Entry: ↑swing … Useful english dictionary
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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English