Shaft

Shaft can refer to:

In fiction: music:
 * A 1971 novel by Ernest Tidyman about an African-American private detective
 * Shaft (1971 film), a film based on the novel
 * Shaft (album), the soundtrack for the film, recorded by Isaac Hayes
 * the "Theme from Shaft", performed by Isaac Hayes
 * Shaft's Big Score, the second film in the trilogy
 * Shaft in Africa, the third film in the trilogy
 * Shaft, a sequel of the 1971 film, released in 2000
 * Shaft (television), a series of TV movies
 * John Shaft, the title character of the above films
 * Drive Shaft, a fictional rock band led by Charlie Pace in the TV series Lost
 * Shaft (comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
 * Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania videogame series
 * a weapon in the Quake video game series
 * Shaft (youngblood) comic book character
 * Shaft (band), a dance music act which had a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
 * Shaft (New Zealand band), a New Zealand indie band
 * Shaft (club), a blues and jazz club in Istanbul, Turkey

Other:
 * the shaft of a pole weapon
 * Elevator shaft
 * Ventilation shaft
 * Shafting, illict travelling through shafts
 * Shaft mining
 * Pitch (vertical space), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology
 * Axle, a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear
 * Driveshaft, a mechanical device for transferring power from the engine or motor to where it is wanted
 * an architectural column's long cylindrical section
 * the part of a golf club (equipment) between the head and the grip
 * the height of a boot
 * part of a loom
 * a slang word for a penis
 * Shaft (company), a Japanese animation company

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