stub axle

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noun

a short axle that carries one of the front steered wheels of a motor vehicle and is capable of limited angular movement about a kingpin

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby stub axle

Stuart, Stuart factor, Stuart, Gilbert, Stuarts, stub, stub axle, stubbed, Stubbies, stubble, stubbled, stubble-jumper

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I felt there were a lot of ways that I could spend the stub end of my life cycle that were more productive.
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When we finally made it into the village, the axle on one of our trucks split in half.
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Instead, they were forced to compromise by having him stub out a cigarette.
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This intricate sequence wrapped us around the axle more than once during design and testing in the years preceding launch.
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He starts by tying a cable onto the rear axle of the car, fastening the other end to a post.
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There must be a fly-wheel, with a notch to carry the rope, and also a small notch wheel on the drum-axle.
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The "reach" went on with the forward axle, and the back wheels spun around, dashed across the road, and smashed into the fence.
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The axle, which is likewise of wood, is never greased, and thus causes the demoniacal kind of music to which I alluded.
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I got that in 1841, through the breaking of my near hind axle as we came down through Guildford town.
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Halfway down the hill one of her skis must have struck somethingperhaps the stub of a bush sticking out of the snow.
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