airshaft

Noun

 * 1)  A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
 * 2)  A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
 * 3)  A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.
 * 1)  A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
 * 2)  A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.
 * 1)  A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَمُود التَّهْوِيَة
 * Catalan:, xemeneia d’aire
 * German:, Lüftungschacht, , Abzugschacht
 * Hungarian:, légudvar,
 * Italian: presa d'aria, condotto dell'aria, pozzo di ventilazione
 * Russian: вентиляцио́нная ша́хта
 * Spanish: conducto de ventilación, foso de ventilación, pozo de ventilación