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axle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æks?l/
- Rhymes: -æks?l
- Homophones: axel, axil
Etymology 1
From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahsl? (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-l-eh?, from *h?e?s- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”),Greek ?????? (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit ???? (ák?a, “axle”), Sanskrit ???? (kak?á, “room, armpit”), Russian ??? (os?, “axle”).
Noun
axle (plural axles)
- (obsolete) Shoulder.
Etymology 2
From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ?xull.
Noun
axle (plural axles)
- The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
- A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
- (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
- the Sun's axle
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English eaxl.
Noun
axle
- Alternative form of axel
Etymology 2
A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ?xull.
Noun
axle
- Alternative form of axil
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axletree
English
Etymology
From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle +? tree.
Noun
axletree (plural axletrees)
- A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
- A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Translations
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