aftershaft
noun
af·ter·shaft
ˈaf-tər-ˌshaft
: an accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the feathers of many birds
aftershafted adjective
ˈaf-tər-ˌshaf-təd
Word History
Etymology
after- + shaft entry 1
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
- forespent
- forespoke
- forespoken
- forespore
- forest
- forest bat
- forest cover
- forest elephant
- forest fire
- forest fires
- forest floor
- forest fly
- forest green
- Forest Hills
- forest hog
- forest law
- forest mahogany
- forest mole
- forest Negro
- forest oak
- forest of dean red
- forest pathology
- forest pig
- forest ranger
- forest red gum