Meaning of airshaft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
2. A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
3. A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.

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Examples

“There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft.”

“Howard turned left and walked to the end of the building. Here was a narrow alleyway, which gave on the airshaft at the rear of the building.”

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