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English
Pronunciation
Verb
shafted
- simple past and past participle of shaft
Adjective
shafted (comparative more shafted, superlative most shafted)
- Fitted with a shaft.
- (heraldry, of a spear, axe, dagger, etc) Having a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.
1907, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, page 169:Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.
1852, Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, page 1287:[…] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.
- (slang, UK, Ireland) Cheated; screwed; ripped off.
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