axletree

[ ak-suhl-tree ]

noun

1. a bar, fixed crosswise under an animal-drawn vehicle, with a rounded spindle at each end upon which a wheel rotates.

axletree

/ ˈæksəlˌtriː /

noun

1. a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve

Word History and Origins

Origin of axletree¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; axle, tree

Example Sentences

We had driven the wagons into a circle, with the tongue of each wagon chained to the hind axletree of the wagon ahead.

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The name is something like the breaking of an axletree, wrote Beethoven to Haslinger in October.

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Two more sections from the big tree formed the wheels, while a square piece of quartering thrust through formed an axletree.

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The wagon itself was standing in front of the shop, with one end of the hind axletree supported by a block.

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Tom, however, at length cut the giant such a blow with the axletree on the side of his head, that he nearly reeled over.

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