Associations to the word «Axletree»
Wiktionary
AXLETREE, noun. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
AXLETREE, noun. A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Dictionary definition
AXLETREE, noun. A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.