air shaft

3 definitions found

air shaft - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Air shaft \Air" shaft`\
     A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a
     mine or a tunnel.
     [1913 Webster]

air shaft - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  air shaft
      n 1: a shaft for ventilation [syn: air shaft, air well]

air shaft - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "air shaft":
     air duct, air hole, air passage, air tube, airway, blowhole,
     breathing hole, louver, louverwork, naris, nostril, shaft,
     spilehole, spiracle, touchhole, transom, vent, ventage, venthole,
     ventiduct, ventilating shaft, ventilator, wind tunnel