wheel and axle

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   hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

   Broaderhoist

Questions about wheel and axle

What does wheel and axle mean?

wheel and axle means "hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel".

Is wheel and axle a common word?

wheel and axle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.