lift shaft

A form of liftshaft — The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.

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Meanings

nounlift shaft (plural lift shafts)

plural lift shafts

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of liftshaft.
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    Installing lift shafts in station buildings which were not originally designed to accommodate them can be a fraught exercise, but a necessary one if the legitimate aspiration of the travelling public for step-free access is to be achieved. At Sudbury Hill, on London Underground's Piccadilly Line extension out to the north-western suburbs, Transport for London has achieved this with aplomb.

    2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Sudbury Hill”, in RAIL, number 972, page 57
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APA

lift shaft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lift%20shaft

MLA

“lift shaft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lift%20shaft. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lift shaft,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lift%20shaft.

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