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Definition of Axletrees
1. axletree [n] - See also: axletree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axletrees
Literary usage of Axletrees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Carriages: Comprehending Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons by coachmaker William Felton, William Felton (1794)
"Each of those three last axletrees have peculiar - •wrenches to take off the ...
PRICE OF axletrees. The value of common axletrees and boxes is necessary to ..."
2. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1812)
"I fix to the axletrees, or to the beds of axle-1 trees, straps of iron, brass,
or any other proper metal, projecting forwards under the naves of the wheels, ..."
3. The Useful Arts: Considered in Connexion with the Applications of Science by Jacob Bigelow (1853)
"... axletrees, Springs, Attaching of Horses. Highways, Roads, Pavements, Wooden
Pavements, McAdam Roads. Bridges, 1, Wooden Bridges, 2, Stone Bridges, 3, ..."
4. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1850)
"... A Lion and Leopard visit the Camp at Midnight — Another Horse dies of Distemper —
We reach Booby — One of the axletrees breaks — The ..."
5. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1812)
"It consists in advancing the wheels in height, extending their naves and axletrees
in length, with a little alteration in the formation of their raake. ..."
6. British Husbandry: Exhibiting the Farming Practice in Various Parts of the by John French Burke (1834)
"And, unless when employed on the roads, when iron is sometimes used, it is only
furnished with heavy wooden axletrees. For drawing lime and dung, however, ..."
7. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1835)
"axletrees AND AXI.E-FRICTION. be all that would be necessary to ascertain the
result. ... axletrees AND AXLE-FRICTION REPLY OF JUNIUS REDIVIVUS TO " A ..."
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