airshaft

English

noun

Definitions

(architecture) A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
(mining) A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
(manufacturing) A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.

Etymology

Compound from English air + English shaft.

Origin

English

shaft

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Airbus English
Airspeak English
Finnair English
aftershaft English
air English
air base English
air hose English
air-drumming English
air-head English
air-proof English
airable English
airbag English
airball English
airband English
airblast English
airboat English
airborne English
airbox English
airbrake English
airbreather English
airbreathing English
airbridge English
airbrush English
airburst English
airbus English
aircar English
aircheck English
aircover English
aircraft English
aircrane English
aircrash English
aircrew English
airdash English
airdate English
airdock English
airdome English
airdrawn English
airer English
airfall English
airfare English
airfarer English
airfaring English
airfield English
airflare English
airfleet English
airflow English
airfoil English
airframe English
airfreight English
airgap English
airglow English
airgram English
airgraph English
airhead English
airheaded English
airhole English
airhorn English
airhouse English
airish English
airland English
airleg English
airless English
airletter English
airlift English
airlike English
airline English
airliner English
airling English
airlink English
airlock English
airmail English
airman English
airmass English
airminded English
airmiss English
airmobile English
airometer English
airpark English
airpath English
airphone English
airpipe English
airplane English
airplay English
airpocalypse English
airponics English
airport English
airportable English
airpower English
airproof English
airpuff English
airscape English
airscoop English
airscrew English
airshift English
airship English
airshoot English
airsick English
airside English
airsoft English
airsome English
airspace English
airspeed English
airstaff English
airstair English
airstone English
airstream English
airstrike English
airstrip English
airtight English
airtime English
airview English
airwalk English
airwall English
airwar English
airward English
airwards English
airwave English
airway English
airwaybill English
airwise English
airwoman English
airworthy English
airwound English
airy English
antiair English
big air English
camshaft English
cockshaft English
counterair English
countershaft English
crankshaft English
deair English
driveshaft English
foreshaft English
hail shaft English
hairshaft English
jackshaft English
layshaft English
mainshaft English
method air English
mid-air English
midair English
midshaft English
mineshaft English
nonair English
prickshaft English
propshaft English
reair English
shaft English
shaft bow English
shaftless English
shaftlike English
shaftman English
shaftment English
shaftway English
shaftwork English
spearshaft English
sunshaft English
turboshaft English
viewshaft English
vitriolic acid air English
windshaft English
エア Japanese
シャフト Japanese
air, eir Middle English
schaft Middle English
airer Norman