axleweight

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A form of axle weight — The total weight placed upon an axle and its attached wheels, which is transmitted to a road or rail surface.

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Meanings

nounaxleweight (plural axleweights)

plural axleweights

  1. alternativeAlternative form of axle weight.

    These locomotives contained every modern feature, had proved remarkably successful, and were built to dimensions and axleweights which gave them very high route availability throughout the country.

    1951 January, “Standardisation and Comparative Costs of Motive Power on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 61

Origin

From axle + weight.

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APA

axleweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleweight

MLA

“axleweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleweight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axleweight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axleweight.

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