axletree

/ak-suhl-tree/US // ˈæk səlˌtri //UK // (ˈæksəlˌtriː) //

斧头树,斧子树,斧树,小树

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a bar, fixed crosswise under an animal-drawn vehicle, with a rounded spindle at each end upon which a wheel rotates.

We had driven the wagons into a circle, with the tongue of each wagon chained to the hind axletree of the wagon ahead.
The name is something like the breaking of an axletree, wrote Beethoven to Haslinger in October.
Two more sections from the big tree formed the wheels, while a square piece of quartering thrust through formed an axletree.
The wagon itself was standing in front of the shop, with one end of the hind axletree supported by a block.
Tom, however, at length cut the giant such a blow with the axletree on the side of his head, that he nearly reeled over.