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Meaning of driving axle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive.

Examples

“And what about the cracked driving axles that took a number of the Southern "Merchant Navy" Pacifics out of action and brought various borrowed strangers on to Southern metals, such as V2 2-6-2s from the Eastern Region?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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