单词 | shafting |
释义 | shafting /shaf"ting, shahf"-/, n. 1. a number of shafts. 2. Mach. a system of shafts, as the overhead shafts formerly used for driving the machinery of a mill. 3. steel bar stock used for shafts. 4. Archit. a system of shafts, as those around a pier or in the reveals of an archway. 5. Slang. an instance of unique or unfair treatment: The owners gave him a real shafting on the deal. [1815-25; SHAFT + -ING1] |
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