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Axle

Axle Meaning & Definition
Axle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Axle?

[n] a shaft on which a wheel rotates

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See Also | dead axle | driving axle | journal | live axle | shaft | wheeled vehicle

Axle In Webster's Dictionary

\Ax"le\ ([a^]ks"'l), n. [OE. axel, exel, shoulder, AS. eaxl; akin to AS. eax axle, Sw. & Dan. axel shoulder, axle, G. achse axle, achsel shoulder, L. axis axle, Gr. 'a`xwn, Skr. aksha, L. axilla shoulder joint: cf. F. essieu, axle, OF. aissel, fr. dim. of L. axis. [root]205. Cf. 2d {Axis}.] 1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. 2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. 3. An axis; as, the sun's axle. Had from her axle torn The steadfast earth. --Milton. Note: Railway axles are called leading and trailing from their position in the front or in the rear of a car or truck respectively.

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