Hypertext Webster Gateway: "axletree"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Axletree \Ax"le*tree`\, n. [Cf. Icel. ["o]xultr?.]
1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite
wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels
revolve.
2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
axletree
n : a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal
spindles on which the wheel revolve
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