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Word entry · 8 letters

axletree

Best crossword clue

"Wagon shaft"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeeelrtxStarts with AEnds with E1 clues
1A2X3L4E5T6R7E8E

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle + tree. Cognate with Icelandic öxultré.

Used in a sentence

  • Soon after his arrival, that patent axletree of action, the not knowing what to do with himself, domesticated him during some weeks of the shooting season at Sillery House...

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