subshaftn.2
/ˈsʌbʃɑːft/, /ˈsʌbʃaft/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌʃæft/ A subsidiary shaft or vertical excavation (shaft n.3).
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1889 Michigan Engineers' Ann. 107 Between the shafts, below the first level, sub-shafts are sunk to aid in work and ventilation.
1920 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 27 Mar. 772/1 The underground haulage way to handle the conglomerate production of the Calumet and the basis for the further underground development of the conglomerate in subshafts has been completed to the south.
1988 D. Stephenson Water & Wastewater Syst. Anal. viii. 123 In the system analyzed there is one main shaft from the surface down to 2140m below surface, and two sub-shafts down to 2430 and 2620m below surface.
2010 A. Reynolds Terminal World xxvii. 444 I told Tulwar we were headed for the sub-shaft near the launderette entrance, so that's where they'll be expecting us to show.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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