Shafting
['ʃɑːftɪŋ] or ['ʃæftɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
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Examples
- I twisted the shafting one way and the tube the other as far as I could, and pinned them together. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is useful for the making of chains, tools, carriage axles, joining shafting, wires, and pipes, mending bands, tires, hoops, and lengthening and shortening bolts, bars, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The driving engine and shafting are compactly placed at one end or side of the room, with boilers and kettles conveniently adjacent. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The depth of water at which the Bucket Ladder dredges is regulated by the Hoisting Shears and Chain Barrel D D, driven by shafting E E from the Engines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Finally I went down to Goerck Street and got a piece of shafting and a tube in which it fitted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Motor-driven machines are the safest possible kind, while absence of overhead shafting and dangerous belts mean health as well as security. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The next resort of Edison was to belts, the armature shafting belted to a countershaft on the locomotive frame, and the countershaft belted to a pulley on the car-axle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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