Words & TermsWar, service and history
axle grease
Butter, in historical soldiers' slang.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “axle grease” means butter, in historical soldiers' slang.
Where it came from
The AIF glossary and AWM directly record axle grease = butter in Australian wartime usage.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical