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swinglebars

swinglebars is the plural of swinglebar.

Meaning of swinglebar

Noun

swinglebar (plural swinglebars)

  1. A whippletree.
    • Either with the swinglebar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig; which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced as to be accurately parallel with the near wheel.1849, Thomas De Quincey, “The English Mail-coach, or the Glory of Motion”, in Blackwood's Magazine

Questions about swinglebars

What is swinglebars the plural of?
Swinglebars is the plural of swinglebar.

Words near swinglebars in the dictionary

  1. swingle tree
  2. swingle trees
  3. swingle-tree
  4. swingle-trees
  5. swinglebar
  6. swinglebars
  7. swingled
  8. swingles
  9. swingless
  10. swingletail
  11. swingletails

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