axleguard

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A form of axle guard — The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.

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Meanings

nounaxleguard (plural axleguards)

plural axleguards

  1. alternativeAlternative form of axle guard.

    The motor bogies are built up from plates and rolled sections, and have cast-steel, one-piece axleguards, with manganese liners.

    1956 December 29, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 850
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APA

axleguard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleguard

MLA

“axleguard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleguard. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axleguard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleguard.

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