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singletree [sing-guh l-tree] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun whiffletree. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of singletree 1835–45, Americanism; variant of swingletree Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for singletree Historical Examples of singletree
Hugh kicked at it; the singletree rattled; he recognized the sound.
W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
The modest claim of Singletree, Darnley & Co. was lost in the din.
Jack London
The trace chains of the team of horses could be attached to the hooks on the singletree.
John T. Schlebecker
This cultivator has individual levers for setting each set of teeth and contains a neck yoke, singletree, and guard shields.
John T. Schlebecker
After several refusals, Singletree, Darnley & Co. accepted it, promising fall publication.
Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for singletree singletree noun a variant, esp US and Austral, of swingletree Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
