windshaft

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noun

The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

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Meanings

nounwindshaft (plural windshafts)

plural windshafts

  1. The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

Origin

From wind + shaft.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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