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 "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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

The end of the damaged singletree he re-enforced with his handkerchief.

From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson

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 Grayson, David

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

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)