stub axle

English

Noun

stub axle (plural stub axles)

1. (automotive, mechanical engineering) An axle supporting only one wheel of a pair on opposite sides of a vehicle.
   • 1962 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Talgo trains of Spain”, in Modern Railways, page 177:

     The axles of the Talgo section are U-shaped and the ends form stub-axles on which the wheels revolve freely and independently.

References

• “stub axle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.