shafting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb equip with a shaft
    shaft.
  2. verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    shaft; chouse; chicane; screw; cheat; jockey.

WordNet


Shaft"ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

Webster 1913