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layshaft

layshaft noun: a subsidiary transmission shaft.

Noun

layshaft (plural layshafts)

  1. A subsidiary transmission shaft.

Forms of layshaft

plurallayshafts

Origin of layshaft

From lay + shaft.

Questions about layshaft

What does layshaft mean?
Layshaft means a subsidiary transmission shaft.
What part of speech is layshaft?
Layshaft is a noun.
What is the plural of layshaft?
The plural of layshaft is layshafts.

Words near layshaft in the dictionary

  1. Laysan hedyleptan moths
  2. Laysan rail
  3. Laysan rails
  4. Laysan teal
  5. Laysan teals
  6. layshaft
  7. layshafts
  8. layship
  9. Layson
  10. Laysons
  11. layst

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