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Definition of shaft
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shaft is as below...
Shaft (n.) The long
handle
of a spear or
similar
weapon;
hence,
the
weapon
itself;
(Fig.)
anything
regarded
as a shaft to be
thrown
or
darted;
as,
shafts
of
light..
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Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) The part of a
candlestick
which
supports
its
branches.
Clutch
::
Clutch
(n.) A
device
which is used for
coupling
shafting,
etc., so as to
transmit
motion,
and which may be
disengaged
at
pleasure..
Lancewood
::
Lancewood
(n.) A
tough,
elastic
wood, often used for the
shafts
of gigs,
archery
bows,
fishing
rods, and the like. Also, the tree which
produces
this wood,
Duguetia
Quitarensis
(a
native
of
Guiana
and
Cuba),
and
several
other trees of the same
family
(Anonaseae)..
Windmill
::
Windmill
(n.) A mill
operated
by the power of the wind,
usually
by the
action
of the wind upon
oblique
vanes or sails which
radiate
from a
horizontal
shaft..
Step
::
Step (v. i.) In
general,
a
framing
in wood or iron which is
intended
to
receive
an
upright
shaft;
specif.,
a block of wood, or a solid
platform
upon the
keelson,
supporting
the heel of the
mast..
Fast
::
Fast (n.) The shaft of a
column,
or trunk of
pilaster..
Fill
::
Fill (n.) One of the
thills
or
shafts
of a
carriage.
Tubbing
::
Tubbing
(n.) A
lining
of
timber
or metal
around
the shaft of a mine;
especially,
a
series
of
cast-iron
cylinders
bolted
together,
used to
enable
those who sink a shaft to
penetrate
quicksand,
water,
etc., with
safety..
Wire-tailed
::
Wire-tailed
(a.)
Having
some or all of the tail
quills
terminated
in a long,
slender,
pointed
shaft,
without
a web or
barbules..
Spindle
::
Spindle
(n.) The
shaft,
mandrel,
or
arbor,
in a
machine
tool, as a lathe or
drilling
machine,
etc., which
causes
the work to
revolve,
or
carries
a tool or
center,
etc..
Lance
::
Lance (n.) A
weapon
of war,
consisting
of a long shaft or
handle
and a steel blade or head; a spear
carried
by
horsemen,
and often
decorated
with a small flag; also, a spear or
harpoon
used by
whalers
and
fishermen..
Pike
::
Pike (n. & v.) A foot
soldier's
weapon,
consisting
of a long
wooden
shaft or
staff,
with a
pointed
steel head. It is now
superseded
by the
bayonet..
Hyporhachis
::
Hyporhachis
(n.) The stem of an
aftershaft
or
hypoptilum.
Entasis
::
Entasis
(n.) A
slight
convex
swelling
of the shaft of a
column.
Cimbia
::
Cimbia
(n.) A
fillet
or band
placed
around
the shaft of a
column
as if to
strengthen
it.
Brace
::
Brace (n.) The mouth of a
shaft.
Shaftment
::
Shaftment
(n.) A
measure
of about six
inches.
Lug
::
Lug (n.) The
leather
loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
Butt Shaft
::
Butt shaft () An arrow
without
a barb, for
shooting
at
butts;
an
arrow..
Feathered
::
Feathered
(a.)
Having
feathers;
-- said of an
arrow,
when the
feathers
are of a
tincture
different
from that of the
shaft..
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