propeller shaft

English

Noun

propeller shaft (plural propeller shafts)

1. The shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.
2. (automotive) the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.

   Synonym: propshaft

Translations

shaft that transmits power to propeller

• Finnish: potkuriakseli

shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential

• Finnish: nivelakseli, vetoakseli (fi)
• German: Gelenkwelle f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mellomaksel m, mellomaksling m

  Nynorsk: mellomaksel m, mellomaksling m

References

• “propeller shaft”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.