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Long narrow passages:

Elevator
Elevator
An elevator or lift is a vertical transport vehicle that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building...

shaft
Ventilation shaft
Ventilation shaft
In subterranean civil engineering, ventilation shafts, also known as airshafts or vent shafts, are vertical passages used in mines and tunnels to move fresh air underground, and to remove stale air....
Pitch (vertical space)
Pitch (vertical space)
-Climbing:In rock climbing and ice climbing, a pitch is a steep section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system...

, a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology
Shaft mining
Shaft mining
Shaft mining or Shaft sinking refers to the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom....
Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts

Long narrow rigid bodies:

Axle
Axle
An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. In some cases the axle may be fixed in position with a bearing or bushing sitting inside the hole in the wheel or gear to allow the wheel or gear to rotate around the axle. In other cases the wheel or gear may be fixed to the axle, with...

, a shaft around which one or more wheel
Wheel
A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load , or performing labour in machines. Common examples are found in transport applications. A wheel, together with an axle overcomes friction by facilitating motion by...

s rotate
Spindle
Spindle
Originally, a spindle was a device to spin fibres into thread; see spindle . The term has many senses that relate ultimately back to the idea of a cylindrical object and what tasks may be done with it...

, a central shaft around which things rotate
Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
Arrow
Arrow
An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.- Structure :A normal arrow consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other....

, spear
Spear
A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with bamboo spears, or it may be of another material fastened to the shaft, such as obsidian, iron or bronze...

, atlatl
Atlatl
An atlatl or spear-thrower is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing, and includes a bearing surface which allows the user to temporarily store energy during the throw...

, weapons consisting mainly of a projected shaft
Penis
Penis
The penis is an external sexual organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates....

, the male genital organ consists mainly of the glans and the shaft

In fiction:

1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman
Ernest Tidyman was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the film version of Shaft with John D.F...

about an African-American private detective
- Shaft (1971 film)
  Shaft (1971 film)
  Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob in order to find the missing...
  
  , a film based on the novel
  - Shaft (album)
    Shaft (album)
    Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. The album is comprised mostly of instrumentals composed by Hayes as score for the film. Three vocal selections are included:...
    
    , the soundtrack for the film, recorded by Isaac Hayes
  - "Theme from Shaft
    Theme from Shaft
    "Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul- and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft. The theme was released as a single two months after the movie's soundtrack by Stax Records' Enterprise label...
    
    ", performed by Isaac Hayes
- Shaft's Big Score
  Shaft's Big Score
  Shaft's Big Score, released in 1972, is the second film in the trilogy in which actor Richard Roundtree starred as the private-eye, John Shaft. Gordon Parks again directed, and Ernest Tidyman once more supplied the screenplay. Isaac Hayes was unavailable, so Parks, the director, did the score himself...
  
  , the second film in the trilogy
- Shaft in Africa
  Shaft in Africa
  Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000...
  
  , the third film in the trilogy
- Shaft (2000 film)
  Shaft (2000 film)
  Shaft is a 2000 action-crime film directed by John Singleton, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Mekhi Phifer and Christian Bale. This film is technically not a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, but rather a sequel, since it...
  
  , a follow on of the 1971 film, released in 2000
- Shaft (TV series), a series of TV movies
- John Shaft
  John Shaft
  John Shaft is a fictional character created by screenwriter/novelist Ernest Tidyman as a sort of African-American answer to Ian Fleming's James Bond. He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and its two sequels, with Samuel L. Jackson portraying his nephew in the 2000...
  
  , the title character of the above films
Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania video game series
Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
Shaft (comics)
Shaft (comics)
Shaft is a Marvel Comics character and pupil of the blind warrior Stick, former mentor of costumed crime-fighter Daredevil and pro assassin Elektra Natchios. He is a highly trained ninja and a member of good ninja cell the Chaste. He fights with fellow Chaste warriors Stone and Claw, occasionally...

, a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic Youngblood
DriveShaft, a fictional rock band in the TV series Lost
a weapon in the Quake
Quake
Quake is a first-person shooter video game that was released by id Software on June 22, 1996. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of video games....

video game series
a horror movie, The Shaft

Music:

Shaft (rave)
Shaft (rave)
Shaft was a UK-based dance music act that scored a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in December 1991 with a rave anthem called 'Roobarb and Custard', featuring vocal samples from the vintage children's television cartoon Roobarb as well as a variety of hypnotic sound effects that placed it firmly...

, a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with 'Roobarb and Custard' sampling vintage children's television programme 'Roobarb'
Shaft (band)
Shaft (band)
Shaft is an electronic music production duo, known for their covers and remixes of " Sway" and "Mambo Italiano". Shaft went straight to No. 2 in the UK charts with the release of ' Sway'. They followed this with the release of 'Mambo Italiano' which reached 12 in the UK chart. They went on to tour...

, a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
Shaft (New Zealand band)
Shaft (New Zealand band)
Shaft is the now long-standing vehicle of prominent song-writer Bob Cardy , original guitarist for legendary band The Axemen and a stalwart of the New Zealand underground scene...

, a New Zealand indie band
Shaft (club)
Shaft (club)
Shaft Rock Blues and Jazz Club is a blues and rock club in Istanbul, Turkey. Besides providing blues and jazz music which gives the place its name, it additionally offers a combination of rock music covers by famous Turkish musicians and a weekly free stage night for newcomer musicians...

, a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey

Places:

Borden Shaft, Maryland
Borden Shaft, Maryland
Borden Shaft is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland located south of Frostburg, in the Georges Creek Valley. It lies at an elevation of 1795 feet ....

, formerly called Shaft
Shaft County
Shaft County
Shaft County is a county in Gīlān Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shaft.-References:* اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran]...

, an administrative division of Gīlān Province in Iran
Shaft, Iran
Shaft, Iran
Shaft is a small town in Gilan Province, Iran, approximately 20 km southwest of Rasht.Its population is 70,292 . Rural economic activities include rice cultivation, fish farming, and animal husbandry....

, the capital of Shaft County

Other:

Shaft (company)
Shaft (company)
is a Japanese animation studio founded on September 1 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao. They are best known for their unique use of gags and references notably in Pani Poni Dash! and Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei series.- History :...

, a Japanese animation company
SHAFT
SHAFT
SHAFT is an acronym that stands for "Secular, Humanists, Atheists, and Free Thinkers". There are at least three campus-based organizations in the U.S...

, acronym of secular, humanist, atheist, freethinking