windshaft

English

Etymology

From wind +‎ shaft.

Noun

windshaft (plural windshafts)

  1. The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
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