dead axle

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   an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it

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Questions about dead axle

What does dead axle mean?

dead axle means "an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it".

Is dead axle a common word?

dead axle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.