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The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
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The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
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Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.
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(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
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Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
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A beam or ray of light.
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Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
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The main axis of a feather.
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I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!
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The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
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Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
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A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
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Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
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A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
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Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
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A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
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Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.
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Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
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The main cylindrical part of the penis.
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The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.
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The chamber of a blast furnace.