(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:59:31

Ax"le*tree` (?), n. [Cf. Icel. oxultr.]

1.

A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.

2.

A spindle or axle of a wheel.

[Obs.]

 

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