axlebox

English

Alternative forms

axle-box, axle box

Etymology

Compound of axle +‎ box.

Noun

axlebox (plural axleboxes)

A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
- 1961 October, “Car carriage by rail - at home and abroad: 1. New B.R. "covered wagons"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 594:
  The bogies, which have been specially designed to enable the vehicles to travel at express speeds have single bolster suspension and roller bearing axleboxes.

Translations

a bushing in the hub of a wheel

Greek:
Ancient: χνόη f (khnóē)

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