axlebox
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Noun[edit]
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[edit]
a bushing in the hub of a wheel
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