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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Axle guard

/ăk'-səl gärd/ · Ax·le guard · IPA
01 The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also cal…
  1. 1.
    The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.