axle
(noun) a shaft on which a wheel rotates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
axle (plural axles)
(obsolete) Shoulder.
axle (plural axles)
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
(geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
• Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel
Source: Wiktionary
Ax"le, n. Etym: [OE. axel, exel, shoulder, AS. ; akin to AS. eax axle, Sw. & Dan. axel shoulder, ~, G. achse axle, achsel shoulder, L. axis axle, Gr. aksha, L. axilla shoulder joint: cf. F. essieu, axle, OF. aissel, fr. dim. of L. axis. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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