A vertical shaft in a building through which a lift moves to different levels.
he died after falling down a lift shaft
Example sentencesExamples
- The bottom of the partially built lift shaft on a building site at Clacton was lined with rubble.
- There will also be six new lift shafts.
- I dropped my mobile down the lift shaft.
- There are trailing cables, open lift shafts, all kinds of really serious hazards.
- On the first floor three two-bedroom units will be built around a central stairwell and lift shaft.