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axle

ax·le [ áks'l ] (plural ax·les)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. shaft on which wheel turns: a shaft on which a wheel or set of wheels revolves, especially a shaft under the body of a vehicle that connects a pair of wheels

2. spindle on which wheel turns: the spindle on which one or more wheels revolve

[Late 16th century. Shortening of axletree]
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