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drumshaft

drumshaft noun: the central rotating shaft of the drawworks drum on a drilling rig.

Noun

drumshaft (plural drumshafts)

  1. The central rotating shaft of the drawworks drum on a drilling rig.

Forms of drumshaft

pluraldrumshafts

Origin of drumshaft

drum + shaft

Questions about drumshaft

What does drumshaft mean?
Drumshaft means the central rotating shaft of the drawworks drum on a drilling rig.
What part of speech is drumshaft?
Drumshaft is a noun.
What is the plural of drumshaft?
The plural of drumshaft is drumshafts.

Words near drumshaft in the dictionary

  1. drums out
  2. drums up
  3. drumset
  4. drumsets
  5. drumsful
  6. drumshaft
  7. drumshafts
  8. Drumshanbo
  9. drumskin
  10. drumskins
  11. drumslade

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