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• The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.From the entry windmill
• It's no use trying to push the car out of the ditch; the axle is broken.From the entry it's no use
• The rear axle will have to be replaced. It’s shot.From the entry shot
• A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating.From the entry dead
• A wheel turns around on an axle.From the entry turn around
• Chariots scyth'd, on thundering axles rolled.From the entry scythed
• The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51. From the entry initiate
• It's on the right side of the frame just behind the notch for the rear axle.1999, Vic Armijo, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cycling, Penguin, →ISBN, page 246. From the entry derailleur hanger
• Our tests (see photos) proved that the standard axle offers higher stability at or near standstill.1969 November, Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 123. From the entry antispin
• All axles are motored, but when hauling light loads the motors of either bogie can be isolated.1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659. From the entry baggage car
• To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs.2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair”, in The Daily Dot. From the entry wheelchair
• A car platform consists of the underbody, suspension, and axles, plus components such as the steering mechanism, engine, and powertrain.2017, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry platform
• It is equipped with a brake and is extensible on its long coupling pole, extending from axle to axle.2013, Henry C. Mercer, Ancient Carpenters' Tools, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry coupling pole
• When the drive axles have inner and outer joints, rear wheel camber change is minimized during wheel jounce and rebound.2007, Don Knowles, “Rear Suspension Systems”, in Classroom Manual for Automotive Suspension & Steering Systems (Today’s Technician), 4th…. From the entry jounce
• Conestoga axles creaked under their loads as the barrels of molasses and bacon and meal rattled in the wagon beds.2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 32. From the entry Conestoga
• If one of a pair of tyres on the same axle is under-inflated, the other tyre may be overloaded.1993 June, Presidency of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “2.4 Tyre Failure”, in McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, C-GMXQ, accident…. From the entry deflection
• Damage to the concrete girderage is caused by resonance set up by the arrangement of axles and girders.1986, Japanese Technical Abstracts, volume 1, numbers 1-2, page 376. From the entry girderage
• Watkins notified the shop foreman immediately, whereupon the car was inspected and found to have a broke axle.1983, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Transit News, volume 36, page 8. From the entry broke
• These wheels turned in one piece with the axle, which was secured to the body of the sledge with leather thongs.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 79. From the entry mortise
• First off, the axle housing was beefed by welding areas where extreme loading is evident (black marked areas).1969, Hot Rod, volume 22, page 59. From the entry beef
• Does the antispin axle produce lateral instability on slippery roads?1969 November, Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 123. From the entry antispin
• To keep the axle load within a 28-ton maximum, two eight-wheel bogies are employed, all axles of which are motorised.1963 August, “New 5,000 H.P.-Plus Diesels for U.S. Railroads”, in Modern Railways, page 127. From the entry motorise
• The return current is fed from the transformer to the wheels through brushes on each axle of the motor coach.1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 174. From the entry return current
• The axles of the Talgo section are U-shaped and the ends form stub-axles on which the wheels revolve freely and independently.1962 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Talgo trains of Spain”, in Modern Railways, page 177. From the entry stub axle
• The motor coach, which has a nose-suspended motor on each axle, carries the pantograph above the guard's van.1961 March, “Interim report on the Glasgow suburban electric train failures”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175. From the entry motor coach
• The outermost non-driven axle forms a pony truck within the bogie frame, with its bearings in a cannon box.1959 June, “The first "Peak" class 2,300 h.p. diesel-electric locomotive for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 296. From the entry pony truck
• A universal joint shaft takes the drive to the final drive unit mounted centrally on one of the axles.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275. From the entry drive
• The crank axle is expensive in first cost and maintenance.1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 441. From the entry crank axle
• A is essentially a workstand, intended to hold the axle and part of the propeller shaft while doing repair work thereon.1917, Morris A. Hall, George W. Cravens, Automobile Troubles and Repairs: Welding- Vulcanizing, page 70. From the entry workstand
• Twenty-seven axle counters have been installed on the 49-mile East Suffolk Line, to improve level crossing safety and reduce waiting times at user-worked crossings.2020 June 17, “Network News: Signalling upgrade in East Suffolk”, in Rail, page 21. From the entry axle counter
• Meanwhile the steam crane would have already have upended the wheels and axle with the wheel to be retyred at the lowest point.2013, Alan Davies, Walkden Yard and the Lancashire Central Railways Colliery Locomotives. From the entry retyre
• A high or sharp breakover tends to cause wheeled vehicles to high center (hang up on the frame midway between the axles).2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry high center
• A limited-slip differential on the transfer case divides the torque between front and rear axles, even if one axle has lost traction.1979 September, Paul Weissler, “Servicing the four-wheel drive Eagle”, in Popular Mechanics, page 94. From the entry limited-slip differential
• The axles are guided within the bogie frames by radius arms and are fitted with disc brakes; magnetic rail brakes are also provided.1963 May, “Europe's latest high-power locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 298. From the entry radius arm
• Each axle has its own final drive two-step reduction, a bevel gear set and a spur gear set which drives the axle.1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: A 3,000 h.p. diesel-hydraulic from MaK”, in Modern Railways, page 416. From the entry bevel gear
• The 2-6-2s have very high-pitched boilers in order that the grate shall clear the radial axle and also the trailing coupled wheels.1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553. From the entry high-pitched
• The M-1's had roller bearings on all axles, high-speed Franklin boosters, steam lines, tender coal pushers - all the gadgets one could ask.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 71. From the entry coal pusher
• The engine and tender are carried throughout on Timken roller bearing axleboxes; those for the bogie and coupled axles are of the non-split cannon type.1951 June, “British Railways Standard Class "5" 4-6-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 400. From the entry non-split

Meaning of axle

1. noun Shoulder.
2. noun The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
3. noun A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

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Questions about axle in a sentence

How do you use axle in a sentence?

Axle is used as a noun. For example: “The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.”

What is a short sentence with axle?

“the Sun’s axle”

What does axle mean?

Axle means shoulder.