= SWINGLETREE 2.

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1396–7.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 214. iiij harpice cum iij Swyngtreys ferreis.

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1802.  James, Milit. Dict., Swingtree of a waggon.

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1812.  Sir J. Sinclair, Syst. Husb. Scot., II. App. 46. The … swing-trees, to which the horses are attached when ploughing.

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1883.  Jefferies, Nature near Lond., 86. The traces are taut, the swing-tree like a yard braced square.

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