axletree

Other forms: axletrees

Definitions of axletree
  1. noun
    a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve
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    types:
    axle bar
    an iron bar that serves as an axletree
    type of:
    dead axle
    an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
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