shaft alley

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noun Nautical.

an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.

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Also called shaft tunnel.

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The alley cat and her kittens would have mugged him already.
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It had rained while we were inside and the air in the alley smelled almost fresh.
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Truly it was a most enjoyable season and experience, but there is no joy without its alley here below—not even at the North Pole!
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His arm was drawn around the drum, and finally his whole body was drawn over the shaft, at a fearful rate.
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"I did n't fly off the handle," said the screw, twirling huskily at the end of the screw-shaft.
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It was placed immediately over the shaft and pump-rods, requiring no engine-beam.
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The case was fixed over the engine-shaft on two beams of timber from wall to wall.
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