An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)

plural of shaftway

The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.

Pronunciation spelling of shafting.

Without a shaft.

plural of shaftment

Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.

A town in Dorset, England. / An English earldom.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.

Alternative form of shaftment