Singletree

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Singletree \Sin"gle*tree`\, n. [Cf. {Swingletree}.]
     The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a
     harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
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     Note: When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at


           each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.
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