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noun Archaeology.
a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
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Origin of shaft grave
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby shaft grave
Shafiʿi, shaft, shaft alley, Shaftesbury, shaft feather, shaft grave, shaft horsepower, shaft house, shafting, shag, shaganappi
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