swinglebar

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Etymology

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From swingle +‎ bar.

Noun

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swinglebar (plural swinglebars)

  1. A whippletree.
    • 1849, Thomas De Quincey, “The English Mail-coach, or the Glory of Motion”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
      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.

References

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“swinglebar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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