Definition for SING'LE-TREE, or SWIN'GLE-TREE

SING'LE-TREE, or SWIN'GLE-TREE, n.

The cross piece to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed. A single-tree is fixed upon each end of the double-tree when two horses draw abreast. – Haldeman.

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