"driving axle" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154:",
          "text": "And what about the cracked driving axles that took a number of the Southern \"Merchant Navy\" Pacifics out of action and brought various borrowed strangers on to Southern metals, such as V2 2-6-2s from the Eastern Region?",
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      "glosses": [
        "An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive."
      ],
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        [
          "axle",
          "axle"
        ],
        [
          "powered",
          "powered"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ],
        [
          "steam locomotive",
          "steam locomotive"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "drive axle"
        }
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  "word": "driving axle"
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      "form": "driving axles",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154:",
          "text": "And what about the cracked driving axles that took a number of the Southern \"Merchant Navy\" Pacifics out of action and brought various borrowed strangers on to Southern metals, such as V2 2-6-2s from the Eastern Region?",
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        "An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive."
      ],
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        [
          "axle",
          "axle"
        ],
        [
          "powered",
          "powered"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ],
        [
          "steam locomotive",
          "steam locomotive"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "word": "drive axle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "driving axle"
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