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  • noun Plural form of axle.

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Examples

  • Somewhere about the axles was a loose chain, whose only known purpose was to clink as it went.

    The Woodlanders 2006

  • Mounted between the axles was a long rectangle made from two of the wagon's floorboards.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • Mounted between the axles was a long rectangle made from two of the wagon's floorboards.

    Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

  • Frequently also the axles were a little sprung, so that the new turning would be a little scant upon one side when compared with the old surface, and upon the opposite side a little full.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various

  • Somewhere about the axles was a loose chain, whose only known purpose was to clink as it went.

    The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1884

  • It's a flat-bottomed vehicle with the troops positioned over the axles, which is where pressure mines will detonate.

    Defense Industry Daily 2009

  • Mr. Nardelli and Vice Chairman Jim Press, who also was brought in by Cerberus, are looking to back away from in-house production of components -- such as axles -- that consumers rarely consider when buying cars or trucks.

    Chrysler Plants for Sale 2008

  • Munich - Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, the new chief executive of German trucks and engineering conglomerate MAN, has told a German newspaper he would be open to a tie-up with Scania of Sweden to jointly make truck and bus components such as axles or gearboxes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Munich - Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, the new chief executive of German trucks and engineering conglomerate MAN, has told a German newspaper he would be open to a tie-up with Scania of Sweden to jointly make truck and bus components such as axles or gearboxes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Munich - Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, the new chief executive of German trucks and engineering conglomerate MAN, has told a German newspaper he would be open to a tie-up with Scania of Sweden to jointly make truck and bus components such as axles or gearboxes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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