axletree

American  

[ak-suhl-tree] / ˈæk səlˌtri /

noun

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

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axletree British  

/ ˈæksəlˌtriː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of axletree

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

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Example Sentences

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axletree

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

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by F. N. (Frederick N.) Wilson

A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

The mud was nearly up to the axletree of our cart.

From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse

He would as soon hear "a brazen candlestick tuned, or a dry wheel grate on the axletree."

From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Alfred Rayney Waller

To shift a front truck the rear truck on the opposite side should first be taken off, then handspikemen lift under the fore axletree.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

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