Topic: INDUSTRY
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | sceaft |
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shaft1 S3
[countable]
[countable]1 a passage which goes down through a building or down into the ground, so that someone or something can get in or out
passage
TBBTI2 a long handle on a tool, spear etc
handle
TZ4 a thin long piece of metal in an engine or machine that turns and passes on power or movement to another part of the machine : 
a drive shaft
engine part
TTCTEa drive shaft5 one of a pair of poles between which a horse is tied to pull a vehicle
for a horse
[usually plural]TTB6 an arrow
