| 单词 | heel tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel tree heel tree n. English regional (east midlands and East Anglian) a crossbar pivoted in the middle, to which the traces are attached in a horse-drawn cart, plough, or similar; = swingletree n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree swing-tree1396 swingletree1483 spring-tree1600 bridge tree1607 whippin1697 whippletree1733 cross-tree1765 splinter-bar1765 swindle-tree1801 shackle-bar1834 whiffletree1842 heel tree1846 single-tree1847 swingle-bar1849 pulling-tree1895 trace-block1900 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 442/2 Heel-tree, the swing-bar at the heels of a horse drawing a harrow. Linc. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. Eng. 12 381 The ploughs each have a wooden pin to connect the heel-tree with the plough-cock. 1874 Notts. Guardian 13 Mar. 1/6 3 gathering rakes, 3 swathe rakes, heel trees (in lots). 1969 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling Surv. Eng. Dial. III. i. 131 Q[uestion]. What do you call this?..Heel/horse/swell/swingle/..-tree(s). < as lemmas |
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