windshaft

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Synonyms: wind shaft, mineshaft, lineshaft, wankshaft, wind shift

Antonyms: wind shaft, mineshaft, lineshaft, wankshaft, wind shift

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Noun

1. The part of a [[windmill]] that [[carry|carries]] the [[sail]]s and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some [[post mill]]s) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.

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