countershaft
Noun
Synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).
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Instead of the pistons driving through the connecting-rods directly on to the wheels that carry the weight of the engine, the Drachenfels piston and connecting-rod drove on to a countershaft which carried two small cog wheels. The latter engaged with two larger gears, between which, and on the same shaft, was the pinion to engage with the rack rail.
Verb
Synonym of jackshaft.
Word forms
countershaftscounter shaftcountershaftscountershaftingcountershaftedcountershafted