Definition of "axel"

Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice.

1991, Harvard Magazine, volume 94, page 44

Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.

1997, Beverley Smith, A Year in Figure Skating, page 115

[…] King et al. (1994) and King (1997) compared single, double, and triple axels of junior and senior level skaters; Albert and Miller (1996) compared single and double axels of “good” figure skaters; […] .

2005, Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, volume 30, page 746

This end of the Axel is to be faſten'd into a Wheel, exactly like thoſe, which are us'd in many Places, for the roaſting Meat.

1755, “A Country Gentleman”, in A New System of Agriculture; Or, A Plain, Easy, and Demonſtrative Method of ſpeedily growing Rich, page 177

Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.

1900, Municipal Reports of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, page 85

The gross weight on any 2 or more axels shall not exceed 26,000 pounds plus 1,000 pounds for each foot of distance measured longitudinally to the nearest foot between the foremost and rearmost of the axels under consideration.

1944, Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, Publisher not identified, page 627