User:Hutcher/Shaft

Shaft most commonly refers to:

• Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used as a hoistway for an Elevator
• Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used for ventalation
• Shaft, a narrow enclosed space used in Shaft mining
• The shaft of a Pole weapon, such as a spear

Shaft may also refer to:

Engineering

• Axle, a shaft around which one or more wheel rotate
• Drive shaft, a mechanical component within a drive train for transmitting torque and rotation

Fiction

• Shaft, a 1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective
  • Shaft (1971 film), a film trilogy based on the novel Shaft
  • Shaft (album), the soundtrack for the 1971 film Shaft recorded by Isaac Hayes
  • Theme from Shaft, performed by Isaac Hayes
  • Shaft (2000 film), a follow on of the 1971 film, released in 2000
  • Shaft (TV series), a series of TV movies
  • John Shaft, the title character in the Shaft films, TV and novel
• Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania video game series
• Shaft (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
• Shaft (comics), a comic book character created by Rob Liefeld for his comic Youngblood
• The Shaft (film), a horror movie

Music

• Shaft (rave), a UK dance music act which had a 1991 hit with 'Roobarb and Custard' sampling vintage children's television programme 'Roobarb'
• Shaft (band), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
• Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band
• Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey

Places

• Borden Shaft, Maryland, formerly called Shaft
• Shaft, Iran
• Shaft County, Gīlān, Iran

See also

• Shaft (company), a Japanese animation company
• Shafting, traveling illicitly through shafts
• The body of a Penis