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What is the noun for shafting?

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shaft

(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
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.
A beam or ray of light.
The main axis of a feather.
(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.
A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pediment.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
Synonyms:

column, pillar, tower, pole, spire, post, upright, rod, support, stake, prop, stanchion, stick, beam, strut, pile, bar, piling, spike, paling, brace, palisade, mast, pier, stay, buttress, spar, leg, shank, rail, pale, crosspiece, standard, vertical, pylon, picket, stem, batten, stave, pilaster, underpinning, shore, monolith, cane, pedestal, newel, baluster, obelisk, stud, staff … more

Examples:

“The tower comprises a huge shaft rising from the ground topped by a circular six-level head.”

“Racing wheelchairs, on the other hand, look completely different, with two large rear wheels and one small front wheel connected by a long shaft.”

“Work them as slowly as possible, just so you can feel the blades spinning around the shaft.”

shafting

Shafts collectively.
(engineering) A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

shaftwork

(engineering) shafts, collectively

shaftings

plural of shafting

shafts

plural of shaft
Synonyms:

columns, pillars, towers, poles, spires, posts, uprights, rods, support, props, stakes, stanchions, stick, beams, struts, piles, bar, spikes, pilings, braces, legs, masts, palisades, palings, piers, stays, shanks, standards, rails, spars, buttresses, pales, pylons, crosspieces, stems, underpinnings, studs, staves, pickets, newels, pilasters, balusters, shores, obelisks, monoliths, pedestals, cane, battens, monuments, stilts … more

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