Shaft may refer to:

Rotating machine elements

Shaft (mechanical engineering) A shaft is a rotating machine element, usually circular in cross section, which is used to transmit power from one part to another, or from a machine which produces power to a machine which absorbs power. Types They are mainly classified into t ...

, a rotating machine element used to transmit power *

Line shaft A line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to ...

, a power transmission system * Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque *

Axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, beari ...

, a shaft around which one or more wheels rotate

Vertical narrow passages

Elevator shaft An elevator or lift is a cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or decks of a building, vessel, or other structure. They a ...

, a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator *

Ventilation shaft In subterranean civil engineering, ventilation shafts, also known as airshafts or vent shafts, are vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air. In architecture, an airshaft is a small, ...

, 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) In rock climbing and ice climbing, a pitch is a steep section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system. Standard climbing ropes are between 50 and 80 metres long, so a pitch is always shorter, between tw ...

, a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology *

Shaft mining Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. Shallow shafts, typically sunk for civil engineering projects, differ greatly in execution method from ...

, the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom * Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts

Long narrow rigid bodies

* The body of a

column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member ...

, or the column itself *

Handle (grip) A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tr ...

of hand-tools * Shaft (golf), the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer’s hands to the club head *

Staff Staff may refer to: Pole * Staff, a weapon used in stick-fighting ** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon * Staff of office, a pole that indicates a position * Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particula ...

, various applications

Fiction

* ''Shaft'' (franchise), a media franchise involving novels, comics, TV, film ** ''Shaft'' (novel), 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective ** ''Shaft'' (1971 film), a film based on the novel *** ''Shaft'' (song), theme song from the original film, serving as the theme for the entire franchise ** ''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'' (2019 film), a direct sequel to the 2000 film and fifth film in the series ** ''Shaft'' (TV series), a 1973-1974 series of TV movies ** ''Shaft'' (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book series based on the character John Shaft **

John Shaft John Shaft is a fictional character created by author/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman for the 1970 novel of the same name. He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and in its four sequels, '' Shaft's Big Score!'' (1972), '' ...

, the titular character of the franchise * 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), 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) Shaft Rock Blues and Jazz Club is a blues and rock club in Istanbul, Turkey. Besides providing blues and jazz music which gives the place its name, it additionally offers a combination of rock music covers by famous Turkish musicians and a weekly ...

, a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey * ''Shaft'' (Isaac Hayes album), the soundtrack for the film of the same name, recorded by Isaac Hayes ** " Theme from ''Shaft''", performed by Isaac Hayes * ''Shaft'' (Bernard Purdie album), a 1971 jazz album featuring a cover of the above track

Places

Borden Shaft, Maryland Shaft is a census-designated place (CDP) corresponding to the unincorporated community of Borden Shaft in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 235. It is located south of Frostburg, in the ...

, formerly called Shaft *

Shaft County Shaft County ( fa, شهرستان شفت) is located in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shaft Shaft may refer to: Rotating machine elements * Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit po ...

, an administrative division of Gīlan Province in Iran *

Shaft, Iran Shaft ( fa, شفت, also known as Bāzār Shaft) is a city and capital of Shaft County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,158, in 1,700 families. Location Shaft is located approximately southwest of Rasht. Nearby m ...

, the capital of Shaft County *

Shaft, Bushehr Jazireh-ye Shif ( fa, جزيره شيف, also Romanized as Jazīreh-ye Shīf; also known as Shaft and Shīf) is a village and island in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bushehr County Bushehr County ( fa, شهرستان � ...

, a village and island in Bushehr Province, Iran

Other

Shaft (company) Shaft (stylized as SHAFT; ja, 株式会社シャフト, Hepburn: ), also known as Shaft Animation Studio, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo, and founded in 1975. Since 2004, the studio's productions have been broadl ...

, a Japanese animation studio *

Penis shaft A corpus cavernosum penis (singular) (literally "cave-like body" of the penis, plural corpora cavernosa) is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue, which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection. Such a cor ...

, a part of the penis * Diaphysis, shaft of a long bone {{disambiguation