Axle /(ăks"'l)/

Ax·le

Axle

n.
  1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  3. An axis; as, the sun's axle.
    Had from her axle torn The steadfast earth.