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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
SWIVELTREE, n. comb. The swingle-tree of a plough (Ork., Per. 1972). Also in Eng. dial., now obs.Kcd. 1933 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 331:
[He would] unloose the chains from the horses' britchens and hook them up to the swiveltrees.
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