She was looking at the straight shafts of the trees that stood against the great, sudden, shining spread of space beyond.

It was not easy to make a straight shaft from a raw chunk of wood, I discovered.

The early part is more or less straight, then sharply bent, followed by a second straight shaft and a final hook.

The way, though steep, is not far; and, though it be dark, we can scarce come to harm in this straight shaft.

The baculum is short (16-20 mm), with a thick, straight shaft.

The original design featured a straight shaft, which caused it to exert pressure on the tooth next to the one being extracted.

He could make a good straight shaft, but he understood the properties of wood, how to bend and shape it.

This is usually followed by at least a single straight shaft.

Picture a regular shovel with a straight shaft and a D-shaped handle at the end.

A javelin is almost always a straight shaft with either a pointed tip or a spearhead attached to the front end.