counter shaft

A form of countershaft — Synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).

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Meanings

nouncounter shaft (plural counter shafts)

plural counter shafts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of countershaft.

    The drive from the engine is taken through a fluid flywheel and universally jointed shaft to the counter-shaft and thence to a five-speed preselective type epicyclic gearbox by another shaft.

    1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490
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“counter shaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter%20shaft. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counter shaft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counter%20shaft.

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