
Meaning of AXLETREE
| Pronunciation: | | 'aksul`tree
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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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