shaft alley
nounNautical.
an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- Also called shaft tunnel.
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How to use shaft alley in a sentence
Dan Hicks explained the situation and the just cause for drastic action which they held against the fugitive in the shaft alley.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneOut of the shaft alley came Scraggs with a rush, tossing his wrench aside the better to climb the ladder.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneHe called a fireman and gave him some very explicit orders in German; whereupon the man disappeared in the shaft alley.
Cappy Ricks Retires | Peter B. Kyne
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