Swinglebar

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Synonyms

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whippletreewhippletree

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"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."

Etymology

From swingle + bar.

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