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shafter|ˈʃɑːftə(r), -æ-|
[f. shaft n.2 + -er1.]
A shaft-horse.
1840Haliburton Clockm. Ser. iii. x. 137 A London brewer's shafter wouldn't make the smallest part of a circumstance to him. 1877Holderness Gloss., Shafther, the horse, where there are more than one, which is placed between the shafts of a cart. 1904Blackw. Mag. June 824/2 The cook alternately crooned and swore at the old shafter. |