单词 | sub-shaft |
释义 | sub-shaftn.1 1. Architecture. A shaft (shaft n.2 5a) bearing a sub-arch. Now rare. ΚΠ 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages iv. 34 Sub-shafts sustain arches of which the upper side is united to the soffit of the next arch or wall. 1858 Ecclesiologist Apr. 126 The chancel arch has corbelled sub-shafts. 1870 Builder 12 Feb. 119/2 The new arcade with its rusticated piers, flanked by sub-shafts of granite. 2011 Fodor's France vii. 384 This is a solid masonry support, ranging from a simple square shape to a compound pier often comprised of several distinct sub-shafts. 2. Engineering. A subsidiary or auxiliary shaft (shaft n.2 8). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > others axle-tree1659 axle-shaft1837 propeller shaft1839 crank-shaft1854 sub-shaft1859 driveshaft1860 half-time shaft1861 cardan joint1868 line shafting1872 thrusting-shaft1906 1859 Sci. Amer. 25 Mar. 209/3 The cutters receive the reciprocating, or out and in motion, from three double angle cams, L on the shaft of N, and KK on two sub shafts. 1906 N.Y. Suppl. 99 1077 Above this was a subshaft..connected with the wheel on the main shaft by a belt for the purpose of increasing the speed of the machine. 2006 K. E. Ludvigsen BRM V16 14 Skew gears on the sub-shaft drove two transverse shafts that powered the..oil pumps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11835 |
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