shafted

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Verb

shafted

1. simple past and past participle of shaft

Adjective

shafted (comparative more shafted, superlative most shafted)

1. Fitted with a shaft.
2. (heraldry, of a spear, axe, dagger, etc) Having a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.
   • 1907, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, page 169:

     Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.

   • 1852, Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, page 1287:

     […] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.

3. (slang) Cheated; screwed; ripped off.

Derived terms

• red-shafted flicker
• yellow-shafted flicker