Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

windshaft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wind-shaft
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From wind + shaft.

Inflected Forms

windshafts (plural)

Questions

What does windshaft mean?: 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.
Where does windshaft come from?: From wind + shaft.

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