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axle

[ ak-suhl ]

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noun

Machinery. the pin, bar, shaft, or the like, on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.
the spindle at either end of an axletree.
an axletree.

axle

/ ˈæ��ə�� /

noun

a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��l�� adjective
un·��l�� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of axle¹

before 900; Middle English axel, Old English eaxl shoulder, crossbeam (in eaxle-gespann ); cognate with Old Frisian ax ( e ) le, Old Saxon ahsla, Old High German ahsala shoulder ( German Achsel ), Old Norse ǫ��, Latin �� (< derivative of *�� )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of axle¹

C17: from Old Norse ö��ܱ��; related to German Achse; see axis ¹

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Other finds have been made at the site including World War Two artefacts and an Iron Age wooden axle from a chariot or cart.

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Scarcely believing her eyes, she saw a man land on the road beneath the rear axle of a delivery truck stopped in front of her car at a pedestrian crossing.

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The prosecution alleges he was hiding underneath in a makeshift sling near the rear axle.

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“So I added an electric axle to power a fifth and sixth wheel. Then I figured out a way to extend the axles so the back four wheels were moving in unison.”

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Some say that the only way to manage it would be to allow energy recovery from the front axle.

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