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swingletree

swingletree is the alternative form of singletree.

Meaning of singletree

Noun

singletree (plural singletrees)

  1. 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.

Forms of swingletree

pluralswingletrees

Origin of swingletree

From swingle + tree.

Questions about swingletree

What is swingletree the alternative form of?
Swingletree is the alternative form of singletree.

Words near swingletree in the dictionary

  1. swingled
  2. swingles
  3. swingless
  4. swingletail
  5. swingletails
  6. swingletree
  7. swingletrees
  8. swinglike
  9. swingline
  10. swinglines
  11. swingling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swingletree (page history and authors); singletree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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