axle

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) Shoulder.
  2. Noun.  The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  3. Noun.  A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  4. Noun.  An axis; as, the sun’s axle.

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