axle
/ˈæksəl/ noun C1- The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. · rear axle· front axle
- A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
Plural axles
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A FLY sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the Draught-Mule said, “How slow you are!
## The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: “Hullo there!
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