"windshaft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: windshafts [plural]
Etymology: wind + shaft Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|shaft}} wind + shaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Wikipedia link: windshaft
    Sense id: en-windshaft-en-noun-3~xpoNA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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