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axle

Pronunciation: /ˈæksəl/

The English word “axle” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Shoulder.
  2. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  3. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  4. An axis.

Etymology

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin…

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