English Explanatory Dictionary

axletree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  3. A stimulus or driving force.

Word forms

axletree axletrees

Etymology

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

Synonyms

axlerod
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