Architecture. ‘The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft in Gothic architecture’ (Parker). Obsolete. rare.

A stem, columnar or straight portion of something. Architecture. The body of a column or pillar between the base and the capital. Also the ‘die’ of…

Architecture. = scape, n.2 1 ? Obsolete.

transferred. The shaft of a column; also, the dado or die of a pedestal.

Architecture. The shaft of a column. (With reference to the alleged sense = apophyge, n., see escape, n.2)

The shaft of a column; also transferred, in a firearm or cartridge, see quot. 1877; in Botany, see quot. 1900. tige-arm n. a firearm fitted with a…

(See quot. 1819.)

The stem or straight part of anything. Cf. shaft, n.2 Architecture. The shaft of a column.

Properly, the shaft of a column; but (through confusion with escape, n.1) explained in dictionaries as = apophyge, n.