English
shafthouse
From shaft + house.
Today it means
noun A structure (enclosed or otherwise) for the hoisting equipment and landing platform at the top of a mineshaft.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shafthouse”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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