Axletree

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve wordnet
  3. 3
    A spindle or axle of a wheel.
  4. 4
    A stimulus or driving force.

    "Soon after his arrival, that patent axletree of action, the not knowing what to do with himself, domesticated him during some weeks of the shooting season at Sillery House..."

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axlerod

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"Soon after his arrival, that patent axletree of action, the not knowing what to do with himself, domesticated him during some weeks of the shooting season at Sillery House..."

Etymology

From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle + tree. Cognate with Icelandic öxultré.

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