axlebox
nounEtymology Compound of axle + box.
1
A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
2
The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
- The bogies, which have been specially designed to enable the vehicles to travel at express speeds have single bolster suspension and roller bearing axleboxes.1961 October, “Car carriage by rail - at home and abroad: 1. New B.R. "covered wagons"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 594: