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  • noun Plural form of driveshaft.

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Examples

  • Loaded pauses and … belaboured accentuation as the automotive irritants vroom through another joke … about driveshafts.

    Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die 2011

  • A coupling in its driveshaft had come loose, so the driveshafts of all Ospreys were inspected.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • A coupling in its driveshaft had come loose, so the driveshafts of all Ospreys were inspected.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  •   Chickenwire to serve as marionette strings; hubcaps; driveshafts; shattered mirrors and broken pipes.

    Weld (St. Petersburg Blues) Andrew Trent 2010

  • A coupling in its driveshaft had come loose, so the driveshafts of all Ospreys were inspected.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Steam engines and waterwheels generated power, which was distributed throughout the factory by steel driveshafts that spun all day at a constant speed.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • Steam engines and waterwheels generated power, which was distributed throughout the factory by steel driveshafts that spun all day at a constant speed.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • Steam engines and waterwheels generated power, which was distributed throughout the factory by steel driveshafts that spun all day at a constant speed.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • As the boy wandered along one of the rows, listening to the somehow skeletal sounds from the oilpatch to the north (squealing pistons, grinding gears, thudding driveshafts), he was struck by deep homesickness.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Dana is a world leader in the supply of driveline products (axles, driveshafts, and transmissions), power technologies (sealing and thermal-management products), and genuine service parts for light- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers.

    unknown title 2011

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