English Explanatory Dictionary

axlebox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
  2. The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.

Word forms

axlebox axleboxes axle-box axle box

Etymology

Compound of axle + box.

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