shaft alley

noun

A passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.

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Meanings

nounshaft alley (plural shaft alleys)

plural shaft alleys

  1. nauticalA passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.
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Chicago

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