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singletree definition

single·tree (-trē′)

noun

a wooden bar swung at the center from a hitch on a plow, wagon, etc. and hooked at either end to the traces of a horse's harness

Etymology: altered (as if < single) < swingletree < ME swingle, rod, whip + tre, tree

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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