splinter-barn.

Forms: Also splinter bar.

Etymology: < splinter n.

1. A swingle-tree or whipple-tree.

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

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 78 A two-wheeled plough complete, with draught-chain, and splinter-bars, or whipple-trees.

1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 104 A splinter-bar at the end of the traces, to which a small cord leading from the mast is fastened.

1793 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 350 The yoke and single chain,..are,..much preferable to collars, traces, and splinter bars.

1855 G. D. Ruffini Dr. Antonio i The rearing of the leader was caused by the knocking of the splinter bar against his legs.

1893 Spectator 23 Dec. 909 The plough-teams with looped-up splinter-bars banging against the trace-chains.

a. A crossbar in a carriage, coach, or other vehicle, which is fixed across the head of the shafts, and to which the traces are attached.The definition in Webster (1847), ‘A cross-bar in a coach, which supports the springs’, is repeated by later dictionaries.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > bar fixed across head of shafts

splinter1794

splinter-bar1794

spreader bar1868

main-bar1897

1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 76 The draught is much preferable when taken from a splinter bar, which yields to the motion and pull of the horse.

1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 145 The distance of the splintre [sic] bar from the central pin or perch bolt is regulated by the size of the wheels.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 167 4 Spare Splinter Bars,..4 pair of Shafts, per Battery, are distributed among the Waggons.

1877 G. A. Thrupp Hist. Coaches ii. 33 The horses are harnessed to splinter or drawing bars.

in extended use.1890 D. K. Clark Steam Engine II. 408 The splinter-bar is formed of 3-inch angle-iron, ½ inch thick, and is connected to the axle by two wrought-iron arms.

b. With distinctive premodifiers.

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1802 Sporting Mag. 20 308 Affixed to the usual or main splinter-bar.

1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 280 Swing splinter-bar, or rear master-bar, volée mobile de derrière.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	splinter-bar
释义	splinter-barn. Forms: Also splinter bar. Etymology: < splinter n. 1. A swingle-tree or whipple-tree. 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 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 78 A two-wheeled plough complete, with draught-chain, and splinter-bars, or whipple-trees. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 104 A splinter-bar at the end of the traces, to which a small cord leading from the mast is fastened. 1793 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 350 The yoke and single chain,..are,..much preferable to collars, traces, and splinter bars. 1855 G. D. Ruffini Dr. Antonio i The rearing of the leader was caused by the knocking of the splinter bar against his legs. 1893 Spectator 23 Dec. 909 The plough-teams with looped-up splinter-bars banging against the trace-chains. 2. a. A crossbar in a carriage, coach, or other vehicle, which is fixed across the head of the shafts, and to which the traces are attached.The definition in Webster (1847), ‘A cross-bar in a coach, which supports the springs’, is repeated by later dictionaries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > bar fixed across head of shafts splinter1794 splinter-bar1794 spreader bar1868 main-bar1897 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 76 The draught is much preferable when taken from a splinter bar, which yields to the motion and pull of the horse. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 145 The distance of the splintre [sic] bar from the central pin or perch bolt is regulated by the size of the wheels. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 167 4 Spare Splinter Bars,..4 pair of Shafts, per Battery, are distributed among the Waggons. 1877 G. A. Thrupp Hist. Coaches ii. 33 The horses are harnessed to splinter or drawing bars. in extended use.1890 D. K. Clark Steam Engine II. 408 The splinter-bar is formed of 3-inch angle-iron, ½ inch thick, and is connected to the axle by two wrought-iron arms. b. With distinctive premodifiers. ΚΠ 1802 Sporting Mag. 20 308 Affixed to the usual or main splinter-bar. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 280 Swing splinter-bar, or rear master-bar, volée mobile de derrière. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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