layshaft

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noun

A subsidiary transmission shaft.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounlayshaft (plural layshafts)

plural layshafts

  1. A subsidiary transmission shaft.

Origin

From lay + shaft.

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APA

layshaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layshaft

MLA

“layshaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layshaft. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “layshaft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/layshaft.

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