Shafted

Shafted
Shafted Shaft"ed, a. 1. Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch. [1913 Webster]

2. (Her.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures. [1913 Webster]


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