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axletree Definition

axle·tree (-trē′)

noun

a bar connecting two opposite wheels of a carriage, wagon, etc.

Etymology: ME axeltre < ON ǫxultre < ǫxull, axle (see axis) + tre, beam, tree

axletree Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: Excavation revealed others, together with a number of wooden axletrees.
axletree Quotes

It was prettily devised of Aesop,'The fly sat upon the axletree of the chariot-wheel and said, what a dust do I raise.'

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

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