axle

supporting shaft on which a wheel revolves

Not to be confused with:

axil – angle between a branch and stem

ax·le

(ăk′səl)

1. A supporting shaft or member on or with which a wheel or a set of wheels revolves.

a. The spindle of an axletree.

b. Either end of an axletree.

[Middle English axel, from Old Norse öxull.]

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axle

(ˈæksəl)

(Mechanical Engineering) a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves

[C17: from Old Norse öxull; related to German Achse; see axis¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ax•le

(ˈæk səl)

n.

1. the pin or shaft on which or by means of which a wheel or pair of wheels rotates.

2. the spindle at either end of an axletree.

3. an axletree.

[before 900; Old English eaxl shoulder, crossbeam, c. Old Saxon ahsla, Old High German ahsala, Old Norse ǫxl shoulder]

axel, axle - Axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels.

axle

noun shaft, pin, rod, axis, pivot, spindle, arbor, mandrel The engine, gearbox and black axle needed to be replaced.

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Translations

مِحْوَر الدّولابمِحْوَرُ العَجَلَة

nápravaosa

aksel

akseli

osovina

tengely

öxull

asse

車軸

축

rato ašis

ass

aksel aksling hjulaksel

oś

eixo

ось шпиндель вал

axel

แกน เพลา

dingiltekerlek miliaks

trục xe

轮轴车轴

axle

[ˈæksl]

A. N → eje m, árbol m, flecha f (Mex)

B. CPD axle shaft N → palier m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

axle

[ˈæks^əl] n (also axle-tree) → essieu m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

axle

n → Achse f

axle

axle bearing

n → Achslager nt

axle box

n → Achsgehäuse nt

axle grease

n → Achs(en)fett nt

axle housing

n → Achsgehäuse nt

axle load

n → Achslast f

axle pin

n → Achs(en)nagel m

axletree

n → Achswelle f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

axle

[ˈæksl] n (of wheel) → semiasse m (also axletree) → asse m

axle

(ˈӕksl) noun

the rod on which a wheel turns. the back axle of the car.

axle

→ مِحْوَرُ العَجَلَة náprava aksel Achse άξονας eje akseli essieu osovina asse 車軸 축 as aksel oś eixo ось axel แกน เพลา dingil trục xe 轮轴

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This magnet is sustained by a very strong axle of adamant passing through its middle, upon which it plays, and is poised so exactly that the weakest hand can turn it.

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The electricity produced passes forward, where it works, by electro-magnets of great size, on a system of levers and cog-wheels that transmit the movement to the axle of the screw.

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The naves of the wheels were silver, turning round the axle upon either side.

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The coachman obeyed, flogged his mules, and the heavy carriage rocked upon its creaking axle, whilst the king of France, alone, cast down, annihilated, did not dare to look either behind or before him.

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After loading there was a long delay before the horses were brought, these having been unharnessed during the ridding; but at length, about two o'clock, the whole was under way, the cooking-pot swinging from the axle of the waggon, Mrs Durbeyfield and family at the top, the matron having in her lap, to prevent injury to its works, the head of the clock, which, at any exceptional lurch of the waggon, struck one, or one-and-a-half, in hurt tones.

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Look to the lead-bullocks!' They were backing and wheeling as a grain-cart's axle caught them by the horns.

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"Yes," said Charles, getting rather red; "and whoever's driven it hasn't cleaned it properly, for there's mud on the axle. Take it off."

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It is a stiff place, and I feel as though I were bogged up to the axle. But, "/sutjes, sutjes/," as the Boers say--I am sure I don't know how they spell it--softly does it.

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Then he moved in his bonds, and his furious exertions made the ancient wheel of the pillory shriek on its axle. All this only increased the derision and hooting.

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Do not put all your goods in hallow ships; leave the greater part behind, and put the lesser part on board; for it is a bad business to meet with disaster among the waves of the sea, as it is bad if you put too great a load on your waggon and break the axle, and your goods are spoiled.

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They passed a rancher's wagon overturned, a second wagon with a broken axle, and the stage a hundred yards down the mountainside, where it had fallen, passengers, horses, road, and all.

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To make them run easily and swiftly, the axles of carriages are anointed; and for much the same purpose, some whalers perform an analogous operation upon their boat; they grease the bottom.

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