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...

Lum :: Lum (n.) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Winze :: Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation..

Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..

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..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

Well :: Well (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

Riser :: Riser (n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.

Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

Module :: Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection..

Station :: Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc..

Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..

Shaftment :: Shaftment (n.) A measure of about six inches.

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Foundershaft :: Foundershaft (n.) The first shaft sunk.

Random Fonts

Most Popular