n. 25B6; noun
the shaft of a golf club : POLE, shank, stick, rod, staff; handle, hilt, stem.
the shaft of a feather : QUILL; Ornithology rachis.
shafts of sunlight : RAY, beam, gleam, streak, finger.
he directs his shafts against her : CUTTING REMARK, barb, gibe, taunt; informal dig.
a ventilation shaft : MINESHAFT, tunnel, passage, pit, adit, downcast, upcast; borehole, bore; duct, well, flue, vent.