See Also: shaft 1, noun(dictionary)
Shaft(medicine)
way shaft(medicine)
shaft(1)(dictionary)
shaft(2)(dictionary)
Shaft - Canoeing(gambling)
shaft of tibia(medicine)
shaft of radius(medicine)
shaft of humerus(medicine)
shaft of fibula(medicine)

portunal (iou) and shaft 1, noun (oh)


portunal (iou)



portunal noun. M19.
[German, app. from Latin Portunalis belonging to Portunus god of harbours. Cf. OPPORTUNE.]
An organ-stop with a wooden or metal pipe, producing an open flute tone. Also portunal-flute.

shaft 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?passage?
2 ?handle?
3 ?of light?
4 ?engine part?
5 ?for a horse?
6 ?arrow?
7 get the shaft
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[Language: Old English; Origin: sceaft]
?PASSAGE?
a passage which goes down through a building or down into the ground, so that someone or something can get in or out
mine/elevator/ventilation etc shaft
::a 300-foot elevator shaft
?HANDLE?
a long handle on a tool, spear etc
?OF LIGHT?
a narrow beam of light
shaft of light/sunlight
?ENGINE PART?
a thin long piece of metal in an engine or machine that turns and passes on power or movement to another part of the machine
::a drive shaft
?FOR A HORSE?
[usually plural] one of a pair of poles between which a horse is tied to pull a vehicle
?ARROW?
literary an arrow
get the shaft
informal to be treated very unfairly