axle loading

English

Noun

axle loading (plural axle loadings)

1. (transport, rail transport) the weight placed on each axle of a vehicle.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60:

     Engine designers could and did specify axle loadings in excess of 80,000 pounds.

Related terms

• axle load
• axle weight