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Webster 1913 Edition


Singletree

Sin′gle-treeˊ

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Swingletree
.]
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
☞ When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.

Definition 2024


singletree

singletree

English

Noun

singletree (plural singletrees)

  1. A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.