windshaft

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

wind +‎ shaft

Noun[edit]

windshaft (plural windshafts)

  1. The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.