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

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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 Literature

They sprang forward, and disengaging themselves with a jerk, by pulling out the staple of the main singletree, they set off at full speed with the singletree rattling at their heels.”

From Project Gutenberg

Hugh kicked at it; the singletree rattled; he recognized the sound.

From Project Gutenberg

He hit his massa in the head with a singletree and kilt him and they's fixin' to hang him, but a man promised to buy him if he'd promise to be good.

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