Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Countershaft"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countershaft \Coun"ter*shaft`\ (koun"t?r-sh?ft`), n. (Mach.)
An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a
line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
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