shafting

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noun

Shafts collectively.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shaft
nounshafting (countable and uncountable, plural shaftings)

plural shaftings

  1. countableuncountableShafts collectively.

    Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]

    1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232
  2. countableuncountableengineeringA system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
  3. countableslanguncountableThe act of deceiving or harming a person.

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Cite this entry
APA

shafting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafting

MLA

“shafting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shafting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafting.

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