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axle
/ ˈæksəl /
noun
- a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves
Other Words From
- axled adjective
- un·axled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of axle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of axle1
Example Sentences
When we finally made it into the village, the axle on one of our trucks split in half.
This intricate sequence wrapped us around the axle more than once during design and testing in the years preceding launch.
He starts by tying a cable onto the rear axle of the car, fastening the other end to a post.
The success of the whole structure was extremely sensitive to the size of the axle.
The sensitivity of the wheel-and-axle system to all these factors meant that it could not have been developed in phases, he said.
There must be a fly-wheel, with a notch to carry the rope, and also a small notch wheel on the drum-axle.
The "reach" went on with the forward axle, and the back wheels spun around, dashed across the road, and smashed into the fence.
The axle, which is likewise of wood, is never greased, and thus causes the demoniacal kind of music to which I alluded.
I got that in 1841, through the breaking of my near hind axle as we came down through Guildford town.
Fig. 36 gives the loads per axle and the distribution of loads in some exceptionally heavy modern British locomotives.
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