Axle
Axle (aks"'l) , noun
[Old English axel, exel, shoulder, Anglo-Saxon eaxl; akin to Anglo-Saxon eax axle, Swedish & Danish axel shoulder, axle, German achse axle, achsel shoulder, Latin axis axle, Greek 'a`xwn, Sanskrit aksha, Latin axilla shoulder joint: compare French essieu, axle, Old French aissel, from dim. of Latin axis. r205. Compare 2d Axis.]
1.
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
2.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3.
An axis; as, the sun's axle.
Had from her axle torn
The steadfast earth.
Railway axles are called leading and trailing from their position in the front or in the rear of a car or truck respectively.