Definitions for axletree

axletree ax·le·tree

Spelling: [ak-suh l-tree]
IPA: /ˈæk səlˌtri/

Axletree is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in axletree (aeeelrtx).

Definitions for axletree

noun

  1. a bar, fixed crosswise under an animal-drawn vehicle, with a rounded spindle at each end upon which a wheel rotates.

Origin of axletree

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at axle, tree

Examples for axletree

These bars strengthened the axletree and resisted wear at the spindle.

These are harnessed, one in the shafts and the other in front, with long traces tied upon the axletree near the left wheel.

Yen translated rapidly, scurrying along behind his sentences like a carriage dog beneath an axletree.

In crossing a small ravine, an axletree of one of the wagons was broken.

Now, yesterday I broke my axletree, and I go and hew out a new one of green wood.

The white pirogue was hidden in a copse and its mast was taken for an axletree.

The wheels were attached to an axletree, about which they revolved, in the usual manner.

These wheels are coupled together by an axletree, into which a tongue is inserted.

The body was placed directly upon the axletree and upon the pole, without the intervention of any springs.

Barely a mile had they traversed, before an ominous crack proclaimed the splitting of an axletree.

Word Value for axletree
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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