Shaft

shaft, n. A body of a long cylindrical the cylindrical, column-shaped part of anything the stem of an arrow; an arrow; a mi ile weapon. {Arch.) The body of a column; the part of a ney above the roof; spire of a steeple. The handle of a weapon: the stem, or stock, of a feather or the pole or one of the thills of a carriage. {Mitch.) A bar having one or more journals on which it and revolves. {Mining.) A well-like excavation through which the inner cavity of a mine is reached and the ore is brought to the surface. — Shaffing, n. {Mach.) The system of shafts, with pulleys tached, for the transmi ion of power in factories.