driveshaft
nounEtymology
From drive + shaft.
Definitions
A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.
- The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels.
- A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA