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axleguard

axleguard is the alternative form of axle guard.

Meaning of axle guard

Noun

axle guard (plural axle guards)

  1. The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.
    Synonyms:
    jaw, housing

Forms of axleguard

pluralaxleguards

Questions about axleguard

What is axleguard the alternative form of?
Axleguard is the alternative form of axle guard.

Words near axleguard in the dictionary

  1. axle-hung
  2. axle-tree
  3. axlebox
  4. axleboxes
  5. axled
  6. axleguard
  7. axleguards
  8. axleless
  9. axleload
  10. axleloads
  11. axlepin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: axleguard (page history and authors); axle guard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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