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countershaft

noun

Etymology

From counter- + shaft.

  1. inherited from *skaftaz✻
  2. inherited from *skaft✻
  3. inherited from sċeaft
  4. inherited from schaft
  5. prefixed as countershaft — “counter + shaft”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).

  2. Synonym of jackshaft.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA