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axle
/ ˈæə /
noun
- a bar or shaft on which a wheel, pair of wheels, or other rotating member revolves
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Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
- un·l adjective
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of axle1
C17: from Old Norse öܱ; 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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