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Definition of Airshaft
1. Noun. (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices ¹
2. Noun. (manufacturing) A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airshaft
1. a passage for air [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airshaft
Literary usage of Airshaft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1901)
"... there are provided two water-closets, each water-closet being used in common
by two families and being lighted and ventilated by the ' airshaft,' which ..."
2. A Half Century of Public Health by American Public Health Association, Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel (1921)
"Then as an improvement over this extraordinary condition and type of building
came the so-called "airshaft," devised as a means of improvement over the ..."
3. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1901)
"The testimony of the Building Commissioners that the present laws are adequate,
and that the present type of airshaft is entirely sufficient in size, ..."
4. Report of the Tenement House Committee as Authorized by Chapter 479 of the by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Tenement House Committee (1895)
"... one of the greatest evils of tenement-house life is the publicity, and the
airshaft adds to this, not only increasing the intercourse between the rooms, ..."
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