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swin·gle·tree (sw

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See whiffletree.

[From English swingle, wooden instrument used for beating flax, from Middle English, from Middle Dutch swinghel.]

swingletree [ˈswɪŋg^əlˌtriː]

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a crossbar in a horse's harness to which the ends of the traces are attached Also called whippletree (esp US) whiffletree

[from swingle + tree (in the sense: a post or bar)]

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swingletree - a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling

whiffletree, whippletree

crossbar - a horizontal bar that goes across something

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