singleness

Example Sentences

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I heard the jingle of the trace chains as they tightened in the singletrees.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Rows far enough from trees so horses or singletrees would not touch them.

From The Apple by Various

The leaders slacked back an' darn near sat down on their singletrees when I threw the back into the wheelers an' slammed on the brake an' stopped on the very precise spot.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack

Deep ruts and a liberal sprinkling of small boulders collaborated to keep the horses stumbling, plunging and pitching as they strained back against the singletrees.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

The doubletree served as a lever on which to mount two singletrees.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.