Sin″gle‐tree′ (?), n. [Cf. Swingletree.] The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
☞ When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Sin″gle‐tree′ (?), n. [Cf. Swingletree.] The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
☞ When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.