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View synonyms for axle

axle

[ ak-suhl ]

noun

  1. Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
  2. the spindle at either end of an axletree.


axle

/ ˈæksəl /

noun

  1. a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves


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Other Words From

  • axled adjective
  • un·axled adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of axle1

before 900; Middle English axel, Old English eaxl shoulder, crossbeam (in eaxle-gespann ); cognate with Old Frisian ax ( e ) le, Old Saxon ahsla, Old High German ahsala shoulder ( German Achsel ), Old Norse ǫxl, Latin āla (< derivative of *akslā )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of axle1

C17: from Old Norse öxull; related to German Achse; see axis 1

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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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