shaftedadj.
/ˈʃɑːftᵻd//ˈʃaftᵻd/ Having or furnished with a shaft or shafts.
a. Heraldry. Of a spear, arrow, or similar weapon: Having the shaft of a specified tincture.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of weapons or armour > [adjective] > having parts of specific tincture
pommelled1470
shafted1586
hilted1766
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 221 Tomyris, Queene of Scythia: did beare Iupiters thunder-bolt Or: shafted and winged Argent.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iv. 50 Jupiters Thunderbolt in pale or,..shafted saltirewayes argent.
b. Furnished with a shaft or handle. Chiefly in parasynthetic derivatives, as long-shafted.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > handle or stock > provided with
earedOE
handled1341
haftedc1440
started1468
staved1481
lugged1489
stocked1497
long-stealed1530
shafteda1598
ansated1736
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. Cv He should have a long shafted spoon that sups kail with the devil.
1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour App. 273 (heading) Fourteen examples of shafted weapons.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 46 He crept along, Poising a spear, thick shafted, strong, In his right hand.
1879 Echo 21 Mar. 2/5 Those [assegais]..are thrown by the hand..and are less strongly shafted than the charging weapon.
c. Architecture. Ornamented with or resting upon shafts.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > having columns
columnated1703
columniated1734
columned1791
shafted1801
1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. i. v. 452 Hence proceeded the pointed arches, the shafted columns [etc.].
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. i. 35 When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white.
1812 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1882) 14 364 Seven-foiled lights, with shafted mullions of Decorated character.
1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages iii. 29 These imposts are divided into two classes, which may be called Shafted and Banded. In shafted archways the horizontal section of the upright is different from that of the arch taken immediately above the impost, and generally much plainer.
1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) 279 Even when the exterior is shafted the inner splay often comes close to the face of the recessed order.
d. Ornithology. In combination with prefixed word: Having the shafts (of feathers) of a specified character or number.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular kind of > of particular kind
pinnedc1475
sprigged1613
ruffing1627
unwebbed1768
shafted1809
filoplumaceous1868
1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VII. 496 Six-shafted Paradise-bird.
1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. IV. 245 Red-Shafted Woodpecker. Colaptes Mexicanus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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