Preposition: of

• sunlight: A shaft of brilliant sunlight fell through the dusty layers of a horse chestnut tree, landing on the velvet vows of her shoes.

• wagon: January 20 th 1866 Thomas Chatteris of Pentelow was fined 5s for riding on the shafts of a wagon at Stansfield.

• penis: Like the course of a river, the flight of a comet, the shaft of a penis, everything has a natural length.

Converse of object

• descend: The State of the Pit At midnight there were many men present ready on the least call for volunteers to descend the shaft.

• spline: This is the long splined shaft with a sixteen tooth spur gear at one end on which are mounted the other countershaft gears.

• prop: From the prop shaft we ascended up the line to meet with Bob's boat.

• rotate: Introduction The roller chain is used to transmit motion between rotating shafts via sprockets mounted on the shafts.

• sink: Consequently little remains to identify the sites of the three shafts sunk during working of the mine.

Adjective modifier

• downcast: He also criticized the positioning of lamp stations, between which and the downcast shaft naked lights and unlocked lamps were allowed.

• upcast: The fire was discovered by smoke in the upcast shaft.

• vertical: The main pit was a vertical shaft like a lift shaft.

• octagonal: The nave arcades are of four bays, with octagonal shafts, molded capitals and bases, and pointed arches of two chamfered orders.

• upright: Although redundant, the wallower was left on the upright shaft.

Modifies a noun

• encoder: The selected design was a cam drive mechanism with a shaft encoder to operate a reflector.

Noun used with modifier

• graphite: Fitted with a high quality Ram graphite shaft for extra distance.

• propeller: Here he worked on the stress on propeller shafts.

• ventilation: Opposite Victoria Dock is another ventilation shaft for the tunnels under the river.

• cardan: All opening door locks, cardan shafts and wheel sets etc. are certified to Railtrack Group standards.

• rocker: Check for wear on the underside of rocker shafts, on either side of the pedestals.

• elevator: The magnetic system is inside the walls of the elevator shaft, there are no normal electrical controls.