AXLETREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axletree mean? 

• AXLETREE (noun)
  The noun AXLETREE has 1 sense:

1. a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve

  Familiarity information: AXLETREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXLETREE (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)