See also: lift shaft

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From lift (vertical transport, elevator) + shaft, from Old English sceaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

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liftshaft (plural liftshafts)

  1. (UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.

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