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

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

A log thick enough to make an axletree may thus be somewhat seasoned in a single night.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton

And the whole axletree beneath was polluted with gore, and the rings which were round the chariot seat, which the drops from the horses' hoofs spattered, as well as from the felloes.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley

After an old cart or waggon has done its work and is broken up, the wooden axletree, which is very solid, is frequently used for the top bar of a stile.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies

They wished even for the corduroy expedient a little farther on, when the line became encumbered with stumps left from the underbrushing, and which caught in the axletree every few score yards.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Elizabeth Hely Walshe

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