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单词 shafter
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Definition of shafter in English:

shafter

noun ˈʃɑːftə
Australian, NZ historical

  • A bullock used to pull a cart.

    the pole rose and, despite their great weight, hoisted the shafters completely off the ground
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He yoked them to the waggon, the two shafters first.
    • The team is a shafter and three pair of yoke oxen.
    • It had started to snow and I could not see past the shafters.
    • He had often noticed that the shafters had very short back chains.
    • The light dray was powered by a single shafter.
    • I was astonished to see our dray tipped up, with the two shafters hanging by the bows from the pole.
    • He would lend us his shafter to bring up our load.
    • Although our horses were perfectly able to convey our effects, our neighbour had a very stout shafter.
    • The shafter threw his load off four times.
    • He had yoked the yoke-bullocks and harnessed the shafter.

Origin

Early 19th century: from shaft in the sense 'either of a pair of poles that a draught animal is harnessed to'.
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