essieu — meaning in English

English meaning

• axle noun The rod or shaft that a wheel turns on, or that turns together with a pair of wheels.
• spindle noun A slender rod used for spinning fiber into thread, or more generally, any rod or axis that something turns on.

Senses

essieu is used for these senses in English:

• axle The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
• axle A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
• axletree A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
• spindle A rod which turns, or on which something turns.

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