shaft alley


nounNautical.
  1. an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.

  • Also called shaft tunnel.

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How to use shaft alley in a sentence

  • To oblige him I donned overalls and crawled down into the shaft tunnel.

    Pirates' Hope | Francis Lynde
  • From outer to hawse-hole, from shaft-tunnel to crow's-nest, he explored and loved her.

    Where the Blue Begins | Christopher Morley