English Explanatory Dictionary

mainshaft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the principal shaft of a motor
  2. The primary shaft of an arrow into which the foreshaft containing the arrowhead is inserted.

Word forms

mainshaft mainshafts main shaft

Etymology

From main + shaft.

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