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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.) That which
resembles
in some
degree
the stem or
handle
of an arrow or a
spear;
a long,
slender
part,
especially
when
cylindrical..
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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..
Scape
::
Scape (n.) The
apophyge
of a
shaft.
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superseded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..
Cabling
::
Cabling
(n.) The
decoration
of a
fluted
shaft of a
column
or of a
pilaster
with
reeds,
or
rounded
moldings,
which seem to be laid in the
hollows
of the
fluting.
These are
limited
in
length
to about one third of the
height
of the
shaft..
Fang
::
Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or
shaft,
for an air
course..
Flight
::
Flight
(n.) A kind of arrow for the
longbow;
also, the sport of
shooting
with it. See
Shaft..
Sifilet
::
Sifilet
(n.) The
six-shafted
bird of
paradise.
See
Paradise
bird, under
Paradise..
Butt Shaft
::
Butt shaft () An arrow
without
a barb, for
shooting
at
butts;
an
arrow..
Heelpost
::
Heelpost
(n.) The post
supporting
the outer end of a
propeller
shaft.
Cannon
::
Cannon
(n.) A
hollow
cylindrical
piece
carried
by a
revolving
shaft,
on which it may,
however,
revolve
independently..
Eccentric
::
Eccentric
(n.) A disk or wheel so
arranged
upon a shaft that the
center
of the wheel and that of the shaft do not
coincide.
It is used for
operating
valves
in steam
engines,
and for other
purposes.
The
motion
derived
is
precisely
that of a crank
having
the same
throw..
Collar
::
Collar
(n.) A ring or round
flange
upon,
surrounding,
or
against
an
object,
and used for
restraining
motion
within
given
limits,
or for
holding
something
to its
place,
or for
hiding
an
opening
around
an
object;
as, a
collar
on a
shaft,
used to
prevent
endwise
motion
of the
shaft;
a
collar
surrounding
a
stovepipe
at the place where it
enters
a wall. The
flanges
of a
piston
and the gland of a
stuffing
box are
sometimes
called
collars..
Riser
::
Riser (n.) A shaft
excavated
from below
upward.
Columnar
::
Columnar
(a.)
Formed
in
columns;
having
the form of a
column
or
columns;
like the shaft of a
column.
Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
Drib
::
Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a
shaft)
so as to
pierce
on the
descent.
Hypoptilum
::
Hypoptilum
(n.) An
accessory
plume
arising
from the
posterior
side of the stem of the
contour
feathers
of many
birds;
--
called
also
aftershaft.
See
Illust.
of
Feather.
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) A
well-like
excavation
in the
earth,
perpendicular
or
nearly
so, made for
reaching
and
raising
ore, for
raising
water,
etc..
Trunk
::
Trunk (n.) That part of a
pilaster
which is
between
the base and the
capital,
corresponding
to the shaft of a
column..
Sollar
::
Sollar
(n.) A
platform
in a
shaft,
especially
one of those
between
the
series
of
ladders
in a
shaft..
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