axle guard

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axle guard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Axle guard \Ax"le guard`\
     The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which
     an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move
     vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a
     housing in England.
     [1913 Webster]