counter shaft

English

Noun

counter shaft (plural counter shafts)

1. Alternative form of countershaft.
   • 1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490:

     The drive from the engine is taken through a fluid flywheel and universally jointed shaft to the counter-shaft and thence to a five-speed preselective type epicyclic gearbox by another shaft.

References

• “counter shaft”, in Collins English Dictionary.