axle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a shaft or pin on which a wheel or other rotating part turns

   The clock hand was fixed to a narrow axle behind the dial.

2. 2
   noun

   a transverse shaft that connects a pair of wheels and may rotate with them

   The mechanic replaced the bent rear axle.

From Middle English axel or axle and Old English eaxl ("shoulder"), from a Germanic word for the shoulder or axle. It is related to Latin axis and Ancient Greek axon, words for an axle or axis.

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