In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SINGLETREES
Noun
singletrees
plural of singletree
Source: Wiktionary
SINGLETREE
Sin"gle*tree`, n. Etym: [Cf. Swingletree.]
Definition: The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Note: When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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