Countershaft
[kauntәʃæft]
Definition
(n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- The hind axle constituted the rear member of the frame and the front axle was swiveled at its center to the front end of the hollow square, in which the motor and countershaft were placed. 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.
Typist: Meg