Shaft may refer to:

Rotating machine elements

* Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power * Line shaft, a power transmission system * Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque * Axle, a shaft around which one or more wheels rotate

Vertical narrow passages

* Elevator shaft, a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator * Ventilation shaft, a vertical passage used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air * Shaft (civil engineering), an underground vertical or inclined passageway * Pitch (ascent/descent), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology * Shaft mining, the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom * Roof and tunnel hacking#Shafting, Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts

Long narrow rigid bodies

* The body of a column, or the column itself * Handle (grip) of hand-tools * Shaft (golf), the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head * Staff (disambiguation)#Rods, Staff, various applications

Fiction

* Shaft (franchise), ''Shaft'' (franchise), a media franchise involving novels, comics, TV, film ** Shaft (novel), ''Shaft'' (novel), 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective ** Shaft (1971 film), ''Shaft'' (1971 film), a film based on the novel *** Shaft (song), ''Shaft'' (song), theme song from the original film, serving as the theme for the entire franchise ** Shaft (2000 film), ''Shaft'' (2000 film), a direct sequel/spin-off of the 1971 film, released in 2000, and fourth film in the series *** Shaft (2000 soundtrack), ''Shaft'' (2000 soundtrack) ** Shaft (2019 film), ''Shaft'' (2019 film), a direct sequel to the 2000 film and fifth film in the series ** Shaft (TV series), ''Shaft'' (TV series), a 1973-1974 series of TV movies ** Shaft (Dynamite Entertainment), ''Shaft'' (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book series based on the character John Shaft ** John Shaft, the titular character of the franchise * Shaft (Castlevania), Shaft (''Castlevania''), the dark priest from the ''Castlevania'' video game series * Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character * Shaft (Image Comics), a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic ''Youngblood'' * Down (film), ''Down'' (film), a 2001 horror film also known as ''The Shaft''

Music

* Shaft (rave group), a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with "Roobarb and Custard" sampling vintage children's television programme ''Roobarb'' * Shaft (British electronic duo), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover-remix of "(Mucho Mambo) Sway" * Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band * Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey * Shaft (Isaac Hayes album), ''Shaft'' (Isaac Hayes album), the soundtrack for the film of the same name, recorded by Isaac Hayes ** "Theme from Shaft, Theme from ''Shaft''", performed by Isaac Hayes * Shaft (Bernard Purdie album), ''Shaft'' (Bernard Purdie album), a 1971 jazz album featuring a cover of the above track

Places

* Borden Shaft, Maryland, formerly called Shaft * Shaft County, an administrative division of Gīlan Province in Iran * Shaft, Iran, the capital of Shaft County * Shaft, Bushehr, a village and island in Bushehr Province, Iran

Other

* Shaft (company), a Japanese animation studio * Penis shaft, a part of the penis * Diaphysis, shaft of a long bone {{disambiguation