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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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Shafting
::
Shafting
(n.)
Shafts,
collectivelly;
a
system
of
connected
shafts
for
communicating
motion..
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superseded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..
Guard
::
Guard (v. t.) An
extension
of the deck of a
vessel
beyond
the hull; esp., in
side-wheel
steam
vessels,
the
framework
of
strong
timbers,
which
curves
out on each side
beyond
the
paddle
wheel,
and
protects
it and the shaft
against
collision..
Gudgeon
::
Gudgeon
(n.) The pin of iron
fastened
in the end of a
wooden
shaft or axle, on which it
turns;
formerly,
any
journal,
or
pivot,
or
bearing,
as the
pintle
and eye of a
hinge,
but esp. the end
journal
of a
horizontal..
Staple
::
Staple
(n.) A
shaft,
smaller
and
shorter
than the
principal
one,
joining
different
levels..
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) A
humming
bird
(Thaumastura
cora)
having
two of the tail
feathers
next to the
middle
ones very long in the male; --
called
also cora
humming
bird.
Shafted
::
Shafted
(a.)
Furnished
with a
shaft,
or with
shafts;
as, a
shafted
arch..
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..
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) The
trunk,
stem, or stalk of a
plant..
Foundershaft
::
Foundershaft
(n.) The first shaft sunk.
Verge
::
Verge (n.) The shaft of a
column,
or a small
ornamental
shaft..
Hanger
::
Hanger
(n.) A part that
suspends
a
journal
box in which
shafting
runs. See
Illust.
of
Countershaft.
Butt Shaft
::
Butt shaft () An arrow
without
a barb, for
shooting
at
butts;
an
arrow..
Pin
::
Pin (n.) A short
shaft,
sometimes
forming
a bolt, a part of which
serves
as a
journal..
Boss
::
Boss (n.) The
enlarged
part of a
shaft,
on which a wheel is
keyed,
or at the end, where it is
coupled
to
another..
Bar
::
Bar (n.) A broad
shaft,
or band, or
stripe;
as, a bar of
light;
a bar of
color..
Sill
::
Sill (n.) The shaft or thill of a
carriage.
Vamplate
::
Vamplate
(n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a
tilting
spear,
to
protect
the
hand..
Crank
::
Crank (n.) A bent
portion
of an axle, or
shaft,
or an arm keyed at right
angles
to the end of a
shaft,
by which
motion
is
imparted
to or
received
from it; also used to
change
circular
into
reciprocating
motion,
or
reciprocating
into
circular
motion.
See Bell
crank..
Drib
::
Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a
shaft)
so as to
pierce
on the
descent.
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