"evener" meaning in English

See evener in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} evener
  1. comparative form of even: more even Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: even (extra: more even)
    Sense id: en-evener-en-adj-pSswnNfk

Noun

Forms: eveners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} evener (plural eveners)
  1. One who, or that which, makes even.
    Sense id: en-evener-en-noun-djJdKFkn
  2. (dated) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-evener-en-noun-TYywnFSn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 42 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 28 42 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 46 24
  3. A raddle (instrument used by weavers).
    Sense id: en-evener-en-noun-dPOEqKDH

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1966, Wilfred Healey Stone, The Cave and the Mountain: A Study of E. M. Forster, page 254:",
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