Meaning

3 senses
  1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.

    Achse

    a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve

  2. A spindle or axle of a wheel.

  3. A stimulus or driving force.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A rod connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage:

Origin

From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle + tree. Cognate with Icelandic öxultré.

From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle + tree. Cognate with Icelandic öxultré.

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Forms

plural: axletrees
Singularaxletree
Pluralaxletrees

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
axletree — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto