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单词 swingletree
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swingletreen.

/ˈswɪŋɡ(ə)ltriː/
Forms: see swingle n.1 and tree n.
Etymology: < swingle n.1 + tree n.
1. A board used in dressing flax or hemp: = swing-stock, swingle-stock (see swing- comb. form 2b, swingle- comb. form). Also called swingletree block. swingletree dagger = swing-knife (swing- comb. form 2b), swingle n.1 1. Obsolete or dialect.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > beating > implement for
swinglec1325
swingle-stickc1325
swingle-stockc1340
swingle-wandc1340
brakec1450
swingle-hand1483
swindlehanda1500
swingletree?a1500
swingling-stock?a1500
swingle-foot1500
swingling-bat1552
tow-beetle1601
tewtaw1652
swingle-staff1664
swingle-head1677
cataract1693
hemp-beatera1726
hand brake1766
scutcher1766
scutchc1791
swingling-board1819
swingling-hand1825
bott-hammer1839
swingling-post1902
?a1500 (a1475) Wright's Chaste Wife (1869) l. 528 One of hem knockyd lyne, A-nothyr swyngelyd good and fyne By-fore the swyngyll tre.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 133 After your Hemp and flax is brak't, you shall then swingle it, which is upon a swingle tree blocke made of an half inch boord about four foot aboue ground, and set upon a strong foot or stock.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 134 A piece of Wood called the Swingle~tree dagger.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Swingle Swingle-tree, the stock over which flax is scutched..; synon. Swingling-stock.
2. In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the shoulders of the horse or other draught-animal.An altered form single-tree n., due to association with double-tree (= the crosspiece to which the swingletree is attached), is common in U.S.
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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
1483 Cath. Angl. 375/1 A Swyngilstre (A. Swyngyltre) of a harowe, protectorium.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x The horses..must haue..a swyngletre to holde the tresses abrode, and a togewith to be betwene the singletre and the harrowe.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xiii. 61 To the big end of this harrow, you shall fix a strong rope with a swingle-tree.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 336/1 The Swingle Tree of a Coach Pole..fastned by..pinns to the Coach Pole, to the which Horses are fastned by their Harnish when there is more then two to draw the Coach.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. v. 180 It [sc. the bridle or muzzle of the plough] has notches by which the cleek of the swingle-tree may be fixed.
a1817 W. Muir Poems (1818) 8 The very pettle, riest an' seath,..The swingle~trees an' a' the graith.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 417 To the shackle is appended the swivel-hook, to which is attached the main draught-bar, or swingle-tree of the yoke.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 104 One swingle~tree between the footboard and the splinter bar.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 115 His leaders..wrenched the swingletrees off the pole, and the uncoupled reins out of the coachman's hands.
attributive.1819 T. Radcliff Agric. E. & W. Flanders x. §2. 115 The extremity of the handle..strikes against, and rests upon the swingle-tree bar.1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 280 Swingle-tree clasp, cramp, clip or socket, lamette de palonnier.
3. = swingle n.1 2. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > flail > part of
flail-capc1440
flail-staffc1440
flail-swinglec1440
swinglec1440
swipplea1450
supple1556
flinging-tree1786
flail-stone1851
flapper1854
swindle1857
swingletree1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Swingle-tree,..in Scotland the striking end of a flail.
1907 T. M. Allison in Country-side 16 Nov. 27/1 The handle [of the flail]..was held in the hands, and the beater, or ‘swingle-tree’ was swung round behind the head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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