swingtree

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noun

The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened.

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Meanings

nounswingtree (plural swingtrees)

plural swingtrees

  1. datedThe bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened.

    In this mode of yoking, the horses work in unicorn-team, the middle horse pulling by the soam- chain, instead of the swingtree

    1858, James Slight, Robert Scott Burn, The Book of Farm Implements and Machines

    Synonyms: draft-bar, singletree, swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened.

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draft-barsingletreeswingletreewhiffletreewhippletree

Origin

From swing + tree.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

westering
Cite this entry
APA

swingtree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swingtree

MLA

“swingtree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swingtree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swingtree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swingtree.

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