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axletrees

axletrees is the plural of axletree.

Meaning of axletree

Noun

axletree (plural axletrees)

  1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
    Synonyms:
    axlerod
  2. A spindle or axle of a wheel.
  3. A stimulus or driving force.
    • Soon after his arrival, that patent axletree of action, the not knowing what to do with himself, domesticated him during some weeks of the shooting season at Sillery House...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 80

Questions about axletrees

What is axletrees the plural of?
Axletrees is the plural of axletree.

Words near axletrees in the dictionary

  1. axlerods
  2. Axlers
  3. axles
  4. axless
  5. axletree
  6. axletrees
  7. axleweight
  8. axleweights
  9. Axley
  10. Axleys
  11. axlike

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