shaftment
1 of 2noun (1)
shaft·ment
|(t)mənt
plural -s
archaic
: the distance from the tip of the extended thumb across the breadth of the palm used as a measure equivalent to about six inches : fistmele
shaftment
2 of 2noun (2)
"
plural -s
: the part of an arrow on which the crest and feathers are placed
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
alteration (probably influenced by -ment) of Middle English shaftmond, from Old English sceaftmund, from sceaft shaft + mund hand
Noun (2)
shaft entry 1 + -ment
- conformational
- conformationally
- conformations
- conformator
- conformed
- conformed (to or with)
- conformed (to)
- conformed to
- conformed to or with
- conformer
- conformers
- conforming
- conforming (to or with)
- conforming (to)
- conforming to
- conforming to or with
- conformism
- conformisms
- conformist
- conformists
- conformities
- conformity
- conformly
- conforms
- conforms (to or with)