Definition of "swingletree" []

• See whiffletree. (noun)

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• "The mare crashed into the rockaway on one side and the bay shattered the swingletree on the other with the forewheel of our buggy."
• "I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree."
• "The string was led off by a pair of steady leaders, hitched by a swingletree to the end of the picket rope, the whole thus presenting a team of about twelve or fifteen pairs of horses."