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noun
a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
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Origin of shaft house
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby shaft house
shaft alley, Shaftesbury, shaft feather, shaft grave, shaft horsepower, shaft house, shafting, shag, shaganappi, shagbark, shaggable
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