windshaft

English

noun

Definitions

The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

Etymology

Compound from English wind (curve, coil, bend) + English shaft.

Origin

English

shaft

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aftershaft English
airshaft English
atwind English
autowind English
backwind English
bergwind English
bewind English
brasswind English
breakwind English
camshaft English
cockshaft English
countershaft English
counterwind English
crankshaft English
crosswind English
downwind English
driftwind English
driveshaft English
enwind English
foreshaft English
forewind English
hail shaft English
hairshaft English
headwind English
interwind English
inwind English
jackshaft English
layshaft English
mainshaft English
midshaft English
mineshaft English
nonwind English
outwind English
overwind English
paleowind English
prickshaft English
propshaft English
rewind English
shaft English
shaft bow English
shaftless English
shaftlike English
shaftman English
shaftment English
shaftway English
shaftwork English
spearshaft English
stormwind English
sunshaft English
superwind English
towind English
turboshaft English
underwind English
unwind English
upwind English
viewshaft English
whirlwind English
wind English
windable English
windage English
windbag English
windbell English
windbitten English
windblast English
windblown English
windboard English
windbore English
windborne English
windbound English
windbreak English
windbreaking English
windburn English
windburned English
windburnt English
windcatcher English
windcheater English
windchest English
windchill English
windchime English
windcuffer English
winddown English
winder English
windest English
windeth English
windfall English
windfallen English
windfarming English
windflaw English
windflower English
windfucker English
windgall English
windhold English
windhover English
winding English
windjammer English
windlashed English
windless English
windlike English
windmeter English
windmill English
windmiller English
window English
windpants English
windpipe English
windpower English
windproof English
windpuff English
windpump English
windrow English
windsail English
windscreen English
windshake English
windshield English
windslab English
windsled English
windsnap English
windsock English
windsome English
windster English
windstorm English
windstrength English
windstrewn English
windsucker English
windsucking English
windsurf English
windsurfer English
windsurfing English
windswept English
windthrow English
windthrown English
windtight English
windward English
windwards English
windway English
windwheel English
windwise English
windy English
withwind English
woodwind English
シャフト Japanese
schaft Middle English
winde Middle English
vindi Esperanto
win Tok Pisin
win Torres Strait Creole