noun

• (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
  "A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele, the feathers, and the head."
• (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
  "[…]and the Thunder, / Wing'd with red Lightning and impetuous rage, / Perhaps hath ſpent his ſhafts […]"
• Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
  "Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!"
• (literary) A beam or ray of light.
  "Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?"

verb

• (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
  "Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that."
• (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
• (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
  "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."