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windshaft

windshaft noun: the part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

Noun

windshaft (plural windshafts)

  1. The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

Forms of windshaft

pluralwindshafts

Origin of windshaft

From wind + shaft.

Questions about windshaft

What does windshaft mean?
Windshaft means the part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
What part of speech is windshaft?
Windshaft is a noun.
What is the plural of windshaft?
The plural of windshaft is windshafts.

Words near windshaft in the dictionary

  1. windscreen-wiper
  2. windscreen-wipers
  3. windscreened
  4. windscreening
  5. windscreens
  6. windshaft
  7. windshafts
  8. windshake
  9. windshaken
  10. windshakes
  11. windshear

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