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What is an axletree?

What is an axletree? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
  2. A spindle or axle of a wheel.
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It consists simply of two wheels, an axletree with a pintle for attachment of the trail, plus a draught connector to which one or two swingletrees might be attached.
With this function, it's easy to measure the outside diameter such as an axletree.
Now, yesterday I broke my axletree, and I go and hew out a new one of green wood.
These bars strengthened the axletree and resisted wear at the spindle.
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.

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