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swingletree
swingletree (ˈswɪŋg(ə)ltriː) Forms: see swingle and tree. [f. swingle n.1 + tree n.] 1. A board used in dressing flax or hemp: = swing-stock, swingle-stock (see swing- 2 b, swingle-). Also called swingletree block. swingletree dagger = swing-knife (swing- 2 b), swingle n.1 1. Obs. or dial.c 1462 Wri... Oxford English Dictionary
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Swingletree
The action of a swingletree is to balance the pull from alternate shoulders as the animal walks. For this reason heavier vehicles may have no swingletree, as they are normally pulled with a horse collar. wikipedia.org
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Whippletree (mechanism)
A swingletree, or singletree, is a special kind of whippletree used for a horse-drawn vehicle. The term swingletree is sometimes used for draught whippletrees. wikipedia.org
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whippletree
▪ I. † ˈwhippletree1 Obs. Of uncertain origin and meaning. Usually glossed ‘cornel-tree’ and compared with MLG. wipelbôm, which, with wiepen- and weipkenbôm, glosses L. cornus. (In the absence of a French gloss in quot. 1530, the identity of the word intended is doubtful.)c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 20... Oxford English Dictionary
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swing-tree
swing-tree (ˈswɪŋtriː) = swingletree 2.1396–7 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 214, iiij harpice cum iij Swyngtreys ferreis. 1802 James Milit. Dict., Swing⁓tree of a waggon. 1812 Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. ii. App. 46 The..swing-trees, to which the horses are attached when ploughing. 1883 Jefferie... Oxford English Dictionary
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Swingle
See also Swingletree wikipedia.org
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swingle-
swingle- in comb.: swingle-bar = swingletree 2; † swingle-foot, = swingle n.1 1; also attrib.; † swingle foot hards (see quot.); † swingle-head (?), -staff = swingle n.1 1; swingle-stick, -stock = swing-stock (swing- 2 b); swingle-tail, name for a species of shark, = thrasher1 2; swingle-wand = swin... Oxford English Dictionary
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Fedelm
"Old Irish Fert, 'Tie-pole', Fertas 'Swingletree', and the Seeress Fedelm." Études Celtiques 21 (1984): 171–83. Enright, Michael J. wikipedia.org
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swingle
▪ I. swingle, n.1 (ˈswɪŋg(ə)l) Also 5 swengyl, swyngel, -il, -yl(l, swangul-, sungylle-, 5–6 swyngell, 6 swyngle, 7 swingow, 6–9 swingell, 9 local swindgel(l, swingel, -jel (ˈswɪndʒ(ə)l). [a. MDu. swinghel swingle for flax, corresp. in form to OE. swingell, -el(l)e, swingle stroke or stripe with a r... Oxford English Dictionary
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toastree
† ˈtoastree Obs. rare. [First element obscure; second element tree.] A name used by Markham and Surflet for the main swingletree of a plough, to the end of which are attached the two smaller swingletrees or whipple-trees, to which the two horses or oxen are harnessed. In the Eng. Husbandman Markham ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Horse harness
Used for light work, or for somewhat heavier work it is used together with a swingletree evenly on each step without rubbing. Used for heavier pulling, especially when used without a swingletree or whippletree. Hames (if a full collar is used). wikipedia.org
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Carriage
Swingletree Carriage Collection. John Parker Swingletree Carriage Driving, Swingletree, Wingfield, Nr. wikipedia.org
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swinging
▪ I. swinging, vbl. n. (ˈswɪŋɪŋ) [f. swing v.1 + -ing1.] The action of swing v.1 † 1. Beating, scourging. Obs.c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 57 We shulen leden al þis leinten on festing..on smerte swinginge & on oðre swiche gode dedes. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxi. 13 Eftere þe bridel comes þe swyngynge for... Oxford English Dictionary
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swing-
swing- in combination. 1. In general attrib. or adj. use (mostly without hyphen, as a separate word). a. Applied to a piece of mechanism, apparatus, or utensil suspended, hinged, or pivoted so as to be capable of oscillating or turning to and fro: = swinging ppl. a. 1, 2. (See also 2.)1791 Rep. Comm... Oxford English Dictionary
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cock-eye
▪ I. cock-eye, n.1 and a. colloq. [app. f. cock v.1 Ir. and Gaelic caog ‘wink’, and esp. caogshuil ‘squint eye’, caogshuileach ‘squint-eyed’, have been compared; but no historical connexion is known, and the pronunciation of caog differs considerably from that of cock.] A. n.a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Ang... Oxford English Dictionary
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