axle-hung

English

Axle-hung motor bogie

Adjective

axle-hung (not comparable)

1. (mechanical engineering) Of a traction motor, mounted on the axle it drives.
   • 1964 January, “The adhesion problem”, in Modern Railways, page 38:

     It had been difficult to find space for disc brakes when axle-hung motors were used, but the length of motors was being reduced and one of the advantages of this might be the possibility of fitting disc brakes.