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What is an axletree?

What is an axletree? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
  2. A spindle or axle of a wheel.
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These wheels are coupled together by an axletree, into which a tongue is inserted.
Now, yesterday I broke my axletree, and I go and hew out a new one of green wood.
In crossing a small ravine, an axletree of one of the wagons was broken.
These bars strengthened the axletree and resisted wear at the spindle.
Yen translated rapidly, scurrying along behind his sentences like a carriage dog beneath an axletree.
These are harnessed, one in the shafts and the other in front, with long traces tied upon the axletree near the left wheel.

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