shafting
noun1
Shafts collectively.
- Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232:
2
Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
3
Slang The act of deceiving or harming a person.