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trailing axles

trailing axles is the plural of trailing axle.

Meaning of trailing axle

Noun

trailing axle (plural trailing axles)

  1. On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located behind the driving wheels.

Questions about trailing axles

What is trailing axles the plural of?
Trailing axles is the plural of trailing axle.

Words near trailing axles in the dictionary

  1. trailing
  2. trailing arbutus
  3. trailing arbutuses
  4. trailing away
  5. trailing axle
  6. trailing axles
  7. trailing behind
  8. trailing commission
  9. trailing commissions
  10. trailing edge
  11. trailing edges

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