aftershaft

noun

Etymology

From after- + shaft.

  1. inherited from *skaftaz
  2. inherited from *skaft
  3. inherited from sċeaft
  4. inherited from schaft
  5. prefixed as aftershaft — “after + shaft

Definitions

  1. An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.

The neighborhood

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