shafter
/ˈʃɑːftə
/noun Australian /NZ historical
A bullock used to pull a cart: the pole rose and, despite their great weight, hoisted the shafters completely off the ground...
- He had yoked the yoke-bullocks and harnessed the shafter.
- It had started to snow and I could not see past the shafters.
- The team is a shafter and three pair of yoke oxen.
Origin
Early 19th century: from shaft in the sense 'either of a pair of poles that a draught animal is harnessed to'.
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