单词 | axle-tree arms |
释义 | > as lemmasaxle-tree arms 1. The fixed bar or beam of wood, etc., on the rounded ends of which the opposite wheels of a carriage revolve. The original and only surviving sense. axle-tree arms: the ends of the axle-tree which project beyond the wheels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > axle ax-treea1230 axle-treea1400 axle1637 turning-beam1766 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21268 Quat quele mai be..and quat axeltre [Gött. axil tre, Fairf. axiltree]. 1475 in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 90/2 Late vs cast the exultre. 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. 211 Ij. hopis to the exiltre. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiiiv Lynpines of yron in the axyltre endes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vii. 30 Foure brasen wheles with brasen axeltrees. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxv. 166 The Beech..is very good Timber for..the Husbandman, for Axol-trees. 1755 Mrs. Delany Diary III. 349 No harm but to the axle-tree of their coach, which broke. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 101 The arms of the axletree, which are made round, but rather of a conical form. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great 47 [They] drove shabby old carriages till the axle-trees gave way. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 112 Axle-tree arm. < as lemmas |
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