A log thick enough to make an axletree may thus be somewhat seasoned in a single night.
There are no futchels; the pole or shafts are attached to the front axletree bed, and the front of the pole is carried by the horses just as they carry the shafts; the splinter-bar and whipple-trees are attached to the pole on swivels.
It had two perches instead of one, and between these two perches, from the front transom to the hind axletree bed, two strong leather braces were placed, with jacks or small windlasses, to wind them tighter if they stretched.
The brouette was improved by Dupin, who applied two elbow-springs beneath the front, and attached them to the axletree by long shackles, the axletreeworking up and down in a groove beneath the inside seat.
The under works being thus complete, a body is formed by two long fir poles laid from the top of the transom to the top of the hind axletree bed, about 18 inches apart, with two planks between.
Later two more springs were added between the axletree and the shafts by scroll irons.
Rear axletree and bolster, rear view: 1, Axle tree, showing linchpin in position in right axle.
The end of it was, that Ellen bought the cart, and Antonio made a new axletree for it, and put it, in all respects, in complete repair.
These are harnessed, one in the shafts and the other in front, with long traces tied upon the axletree near the left wheel.
Their construction may be thus described: A sort of barrow made of blue cloth hangs like a box upon an axletree about a yard long, furnished with two clumsy wheels.
And the whole axletree beneath was polluted with gore, and the rings which were round the chariot seat, which the drops from the horses' hoofs spattered, as well as from the felloes.
Our vanguard accordingly drove the enemy from the house, which we entered, and finding plenty of room for our whole corps, were enabled to dress the wounded and replace the axletree of our gun-carriage.
At noon they were delayed by the breaking of an axletree of one of their wagons, and we again passed them, greatly to their offence.
In crossing a small ravine, an axletree of one of the wagons was broken.
Chokie in his tub, though at the long end of the beam, so to speak (the rear axletree being the fulcrum), was not heavy enough to counterbalance two brothers and a barrel of water at the short end.
The ball passed through three {10} tents with a dozen men in each, and lodged in the axletree of a wagon, without injury to anyone; it passed within a few inches of my breast.
After waiting an hour and a half, we sent the axletree and wheels back to be repaired; and, leaving the body of the chaise under a guard, procured another to carry us to the next town.
Nine miles from Abbeville our axletreegave way through the hard frost, and we were left to the piercing cold on the side of a hill without shelter.
Startle Nature, unfix the globe, And hurl it from itsaxletree and hinges.
The limber will then be lashed close to the waggon wheel in the centre of the limber, in line with the axletree of the waggon.
These wheels answer well enough for countries where time is of no value, mercy to draught oxen unthought of, and where the inhabitants would rather hear a dry wheel grate on its axletree than take the trouble to grease it.
The wheel-tires and axletree are carefully seen to, and greased when required, the bolts and nuts tightened, and all the parts likely to get out of order overhauled.
In like manner, the opposite fore axletree b, fig.
The axletree may be incased in the woodwork of the fore-bed of the carriage, as usual, and as shown by dotted lines in the back end view thereof, fig.
The guide piece f, is affixed at right angles with the axletree b, as shown in fig.
In 1841, Mr. Wright removed to Rotherham, to manage the Park Gate Works, and Mr. Walker became sole manager of the Shaft and Axletree business.
The new company assumed the name of the "Patent Shaft and Axletree Company.
Gawain made a sign; whereat the dwarf picked up the huge axletree and hurled it so shrewdly that it thrust through one of the giants, and he fell down with grisly groaning.
So they brought forth a monstrous axletree such as only one of the giants could so much as lift.
These bars strengthened the axletree and resisted wear at the spindle.
The British put copper on the bottom of the spindle; Spanish and French designers put copper on the top, then set iron "axletree bars" into the bottom.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "axletree" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
