(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:45:59

Coun"ter*shaft` (koun"t?r-sh?ft`), n. Mach.

An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

 

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