Singletree

Singletree

Singletree

Name/Title

Singletree

Entry/Object ID

2016.2.0025

Description

The definition of a singletree is a bar between the pulling animal and the wagon or plow that balances the weight being pulled. a wooden bar swung at the center from a hitch on a plow, wagon, etc. and hooked at either end to the traces of a horse's harness A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree This artifact was also under #1987.323.0025 1987.323.0025 .