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shafting en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Shafts collectively.
Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]
1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:
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(countable, uncountable) A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
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(countable, slang, uncountable) The act of deceiving or harming a person.
Forms
shafting en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of shaft