See Also: axle(dictionary)
axle(encyclopedia)
axle(dictionary)
axle-tree(dictionary)
axle-tooth(dictionary)
Axle - Motor Sports(gambling)
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De Dion Axle - Motor Sports(gambling)

Tom (as used in expressions) (sh) and axle (iou)


Tom (as used in expressions) (sh)


axle (iou)



axle noun. ME.
[formed as earlier AXLE-TREE.]
The centre-pin or spindle upon which a wheel revolves or which revolves along with it. Also = AXLE-TREE 1. ME.
axle tramp: see TRAMP noun 3b. wheel and axle: see WHEEL noun.
fig.: F. Tuohy Below them stood the Palace of Culture, an axle with the whole grey city gyrating around it.
= AXLE-TREE 3. M16-M19.
Milton The earth..With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft Axle.
axled adjective having an axle (usu. as 2nd elem. of comb., of a specified type) M17.