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Axletree
Axletree Ax"le*tree`, n. [Cf. Icel. ["o]xultr?.]
1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite
wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels
revolve.
2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]
Bridgetree
Bridgetree Bridge"tree`, n. [Bridge + tree a beam.] (Mining)
The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a
grinding mill. --Knight.
Doretree
Doretree Dore"tree`, n.
A doorpost. [Obs.] ``As dead as a doretree.' --Piers
Plowman.
Doubletree
Doubletree Dou"ble*tree`, n.
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the
singletrees are attached.
Saddletree
Saddletree Sad"dle*tree`, n.
The frame of a saddle.
For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to
begin. --Cowper.
SingletreeSingletree Sin"gle*tree`, n. [Cf. Swingletree.]
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a
harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Note: When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at
each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree. SwingletreeSwingletree Swin"gle*tree`, n. [So named in allusion to its
swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree. Trestletree
Trestletree Tres"tle*tree`, n. (Naut.)
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the
opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and
the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.
--Totten.
WhiffletreeWhiffletree Whif"fle*tree`, n.
Same as Whippletree. WhippletreeWhippletree Whip"ple*tree`, n. [See Whip, and cf.
Whiffletree.]
1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs,
of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a
plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a
whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See
Singletree.
[People] cut their own whippletree in the woodlot.
--Emerson.
2. (Bot.) The cornel tree. --Chaucer.
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