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Noun Concept

Categories: Horse-drawn vehicle parts, Simple machines, Mechanics

whiffletree whippletree swingletree singletree combining lever

A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling WordNet 3.0

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A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A swingletree or singletree is a wooden or metal bar used to balance the pull of a draught horse or other draught animal when pulling a vehicle. Wikipedia

A whippletree, or whiffletree, is a mechanism to distribute force evenly through linkages. Wikipedia

A pivot mechanism used to distribute force evenly, used for draught animals and in windscreen wipers Wikipedia Disambiguation

wooden or metal bar used to balance the pull of a draught horse Wikidata

mechanism to distribute force evenly through linkages Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal. Wiktionary

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crossbar

mechanism

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree

Wikipedia

swingletree, whippletree (mechanism)

Wikidata

Swingletree, Whippletree

Wiktionary

singletree, whippletree

Wikipedia Redirections

combining lever, double-tree, equalizer (mechanism), Leader-bar, leader bar, singletree, Swingle tree, whiffle tree, whiffletree, Whippletree (draught)