singletree

American  

[sing-guhl-tree] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˌtri /

noun

1. whiffletree.

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singletree British  

/ ˈsɪŋɡəlˌtriː /

noun

1. a variant, esp US and Austral, of swingletree

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Etymology

Origin of singletree

1835–45, variant of swingletree

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Example Sentences

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singletree

I had to talk mean and threaten him with a club before we could get him close enough for Mama to hook the singletree over the loop of rope I’d tied around the bull’s horns.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Then suddenly he saw that he was under the black cypress, under the very singletree where the pigs were hung.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

The trace chains of two horses are attached to this home-made, wooden singletree.

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 John T. Schlebecker

If I had the true business spirit I should have gone by the beaten road from my house to Horace's, borrowed the singletree I went for, and hurried straight home.

From Great Possessions by David Grayson

This cultivator has individual levers for setting each set of teeth and contains a neck yoke, singletree, and guard shields.

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 John T. Schlebecker

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