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swinglebar

noun

Etymology

From swingle + bar.

  1. derived from *barra✻
  2. derived from barre
  3. inherited from barre
  4. compounded as swinglebar — “swingle + bar”

Definitions

  1. A whippletree.

    • Either with the swinglebar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig; which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced as to be accurately parallel with the near wheel.

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