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nounventilating shaft (plural ventilating shafts)
plural ventilating shafts
- Synonym of ventilation shaft.
The tunnel was constructed about eighty years ago, and is 1 mile 1,224 yd. long, […] There are eight existing ventilating shafts varying in diameter from 8 to 10 ft. and in depth from 52 to 336 ft.
1957 June 29, “Relining Dove Holes Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 423Synonyms: ventilation shaft
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nounSynonym of ventilation shaft.
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