shaftings

 [shaf-ting, shahf-]  

shaft·ing

   [shaf-ting, shahf-]
noun
1.
a number of shafts.
2.
Machinery. a system of shafts, as the overhead shafts formerly used for driving the machinery of a mill.
3.
steel bar stock used for shafts.
4.
Architecture. a system of shafts, as those around a pier or in the reveals of an archway.
5.
Slang. an instance of unique or unfair treatment: The owners gave him a real shafting on the deal.
Origin:
1815–25; shaft + -ing1
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