shaft

Definitions

• (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 vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
• 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 pedestal.
• The main cylindrical part of the penis.
• The chamber of a blast furnace.