doubletree
/duhb-uhl-tree/US // ˈdʌb əlˌtri //UK // (ˈdʌbəlˌtriː) //
双树,双树大厦,双树酒店,双树银行
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast.
Examples
Across the doubletree behind them hung the limp form of their driver, a great, gaping wound in his head.
The doubletree served as a lever on which to mount two singletrees.
Three horses drew the plow, which has three singletrees and one doubletree.
The arms of the tongue are connected by a crossbar, to which the doubletree is pivoted by a hammer bolt.
"Well, he started off with a cracked doubletree," he said slowly.
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