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driving axles

driving axles is the plural of driving axle.

Meaning of driving axle

Noun

driving axle (plural driving axles)

  1. An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive.
    • And what about the cracked driving axles that took a number of the Southern "Merchant Navy" Pacifics out of action and brought various borrowed strangers on to Southern metals, such as V2 2-6-2s from the Eastern Region?1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154

Questions about driving axles

What is driving axles the plural of?
Driving axles is the plural of driving axle.

Words near driving axles in the dictionary

  1. driving a wedge
  2. driving a wedge between
  3. driving at
  4. driving away
  5. driving axle
  6. driving axles
  7. driving back
  8. driving band
  9. driving bands
  10. driving car
  11. driving cars

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