"leading axle" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located in front of the driving wheels."
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          "axle",
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          "unpowered",
          "unpowered"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
        [
          "driving wheel",
          "driving wheel"
        ]
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "leading truck"
        },
        {
          "word": "trailing axle"
        },
        {
          "word": "trailing wheel"
        }
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        "leading axle"
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    }
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  "word": "leading axle"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "leading truck"
    },
    {
      "word": "trailing axle"
    },
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      "word": "trailing wheel"
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        "On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located in front of the driving wheels."
      ],
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          "axle",
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        ],
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