crankshaft

1. 1.

   a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank

   Broaderrotating shaft

   Part ofreciprocating engine

Other forms of crankshaft

plural

crankshafts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crankshaft

What does crankshaft mean?

crankshaft means "a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank".