stub axle

noun

An axle supporting only one wheel of a pair on opposite sides of a vehicle.

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Meanings

nounstub axle (plural stub axles)

plural stub axles

  1. automotiveAn axle supporting only one wheel of a pair on opposite sides of a vehicle.

    The axles of the Talgo section are U-shaped and the ends form stub-axles on which the wheels revolve freely and independently.

    1962 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Talgo trains of Spain”, in Modern Railways, page 177
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