'Driving axle' definitions:
Definition of 'driving axle'
(from WordNet)
noun
The axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power [syn: live axle, driving axle]
Definition of 'Driving axle'
From: GCIDE
- Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
- 1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. [1913 Webster]
- Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive.
- Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
- Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
- Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive. [1913 Webster]