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From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon),Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

axle (plural axles)

  1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

axle (plural axles)

  1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
    rear axle
    front axle
    axle grease
    The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.
  2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
    the Sun’s axle

the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel — see also wheelset

a transverse bar or shaft

an axis

Translations to be checked

axle

  1. alternative form of axel

axle

  1. alternative form of axil