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axel - Middle English Compendium

Note: Cp. axe (2) & axel-tre.

1.

(a) The bar or shaft on which the wheels of a cart turn, an axle; (b) ~ man, workman who makes axles or fits them to the wheels; ~ nail, a nail or pin used to hold a wheel on an axle.

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