shaft alley
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He traced these seams and found that they ended in a coaming at each side of the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
The enemy, meanwhile, had turned their attention upon Scraggs, who had dodged below like a frightened rabbit and sought shelter in the shaft alley.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
I clane forgot the little companion hatch at the ind av the shaft alley.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
The sentry they had placed on guard stood high on the gratings overlooking the opening to the shaft alley.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
"Where's that man that's hurt?" he asked as he came, slowly, from an inspection of the burned-out bearings down the shaft alley.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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