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What does shaft mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
  2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
  3. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
  4. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
  5. A beam or ray of light.
  6. The main axis of a feather.
  7. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
  8. A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.
  9. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
  10. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
  11. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pediment.
  12. The chamber of a blast furnace.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
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