Word: windshaft
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wind
shaft
Definition: The part of a windmill that carries the sails and brake wheel (in smock and tower mills, and some post mills) or the head wheel and tail wheel in a post mill.
Morphemes:
Affix: wind
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
Affix: shaft
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The main axis of a feather.