Axletree: alternatives and connections

A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."

A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it rec…

A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfa…

To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propel…

A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver…

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron unitin…

A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece run…

To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless…

To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of…

A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…

A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two…

To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…