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Meaning of AXLETREE

Pronunciation:  'aksul`tree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheel revolve
 
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 See Also: axle bar, carriage, cart, dead axle, equipage, rig, waggon, wagon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ax"le*tree`\, n. [Cf. Icel. ["o]xultr?.]
1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite
   wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels
   revolve.
2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]
 
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