Definitions For Axel

Noun

{{enm-noun, pl=axeles}} shoulder

Descendants

{{desc, en, axle}} {{q, obsolete}} {{desc, sco, aixle}}, {{l, sco, exle}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=axel (n.(1)) , id=MED3323 , accessdate=2018-04-25}}

Etymology 1

{{named-after, en, nat=Norwegian, occ=skater, Axel Paulsen, wplink==, born=1855, died=1938}}, who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

Noun

AXEL (plural AXELs) (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. : Synonym: axel jump

Derived terms

double axel triple axel

See also

loop jump lutz quadruple jump sulchow waltz jump

Further reading

{{pedia, Axel jump}}

Etymology 2

Noun

{{misspelling of, en, axle}}

Anagrams

Alex, Lexa, axle

Middle English

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, axle, eaxle, æxle, exle}}

Etymology

From {{inh, enm, ang, eaxl}}, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *ahslō}}.