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AXLETREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("axletree" is a kind of...):
dead axle (an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "axletree"):
axle bar (an iron bar that serves as an axletree)
Holonyms ("axletree" is a part of...):
carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
cart (a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal)
waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)