axle weight

See also: axleweight

English

Noun

axle weight (plural axle weights)

1. The total weight placed upon an axle and its attached wheels, which is transmitted to a road or rail surface.
   • 1942 May-June, Ashley Brown, “Classifying Locomotives by Symbols”, in Railway Magazine, page 135:

     It may be objected that this system fails to take into account of possibly the most important of all practical considerations, maximum axle weight.

Related terms

• axle load, axleload
• axle loading