Swingletree

2 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]