| RETREE | • retree n. (Paper-making) broken or imperfect paper. • RETREE n. in papermaking, damaged or defective sheets of paper. |
| AXLETREE | • axletree n. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve. • axletree n. A spindle or axle of a wheel. • axletree n. A stimulus or driving force. |
| SHOETREE | • shoetree n. A foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn. • shoe␣tree n. A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve… • SHOETREE n. a device for preventing shoes from losing their shape. |
| SLOETREE | • SLOETREE n. the blackthorn tree, also SLOEBUSH, SLOETHORN. |
| GRAPETREE | • GRAPETREE n. a tropical American tree. |
| RIDGETREE | • RIDGETREE n. the timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured, also RIDGEPOLE. |
| DOUBLETREE | • doubletree n. A device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected… • double-tree n. Alternative spelling of doubletree. • double␣tree n. Alternative spelling of doubletree. |
| FRINGETREE | • fringe␣tree n. A small tree (Chionanthus virginicus) of the southern United States, having white flowers with long pendulous petals. |
| MANTLETREE | • mantletree n. Alternative spelling of mantle-tree. • mantle-tree n. (Archaic) A beam of wood over the opening of an open fireplace, from which items were hung. • MANTLETREE n. a beam made of stone or wood that forms the lintel over a fireplace, also MANTELTREE. |
| SADDLETREE | • saddletree n. Alternative spelling of saddle tree. • saddle-tree n. Alternative spelling of saddle tree. • saddle␣tree n. The base on which the rest of the saddle is built. Usually based on wood or a similar synthetic material… |
| SINGLETREE | • singletree n. A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally… • single-tree n. Alternative spelling of singletree. • single␣tree n. Alternative spelling of singletree. |
| SWINGLETREE | • swingletree n. Alternative form of singletree. • swingle-tree n. Alternative spelling of swingletree. • swingle␣tree n. Alternative spelling of swingletree. |
| TRESTLETREE | • trestletree n. (Nautical) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead… • trestle␣tree n. A structure attached to a mast to support the top and the heel of a topmast. • TRESTLETREE n. either of a pair of fore-and-aft timbers fixed horizontally on opposite sides of a lower masthead to support an upper mast. |
| WHIFFLETREE | • whiffletree n. (US) a whippletree. • WHIFFLETREE n. the crosspiece of a carriage to which harnesses are attached, also SINGLETREE, SWINGLETREE, SWINGTREE, WHIPPLETREE. |
| WHIPPLETREE | • whippletree n. A wooden crossbar for a plough or carriage, pivoted in the middle, from which traces are fastened to a draught animal. • whipple-tree n. Alternative form of whippletree. • whipple␣tree n. Alternative form of whippletree. |