doubletree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of doubletree
1840–50, modeled on singletree
Example Sentences
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Three horses drew the plow, which has three singletrees and one doubletree.
From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.
The horses had jerked the doubletree loose, and the last he had seen of their marks they had turned up the Bald Hill road and were probably going yet.
From The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story by Brown, Arthur William
They had wanted to bolt straight out across the rocky upland and splinter the doubletree, and perhaps smash a wheel or two, and then stand and 181 kick gleefully at the wreck.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
When the other animals grew weak I fastened the doubletree to the axle, and thus Friendship alone hauled the wagon fully three hundred miles.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry
The doubletree served as a lever on which to mount two singletrees.
From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.
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