stub axle

English

Noun

stub axle (plural stub axles)

(automotive, mechanical engineering) An axle supporting only one wheel of a pair on opposite sides of a vehicle.
- 1962 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Talgo trains of Spain”, in Modern Railways, page 177:
  The axles of the Talgo section are U-shaped and the ends form stub-axles on which the wheels revolve freely and independently.

References

“stub axle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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