swingletree : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swingletree	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for swingletree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 Synonym(s): whiffletree, whippletree, 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}.