Usually means: Enclosed space housing ship's propeller.
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▸ noun:  (nautical) A passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.

Similar:
shaft, layshaft, alleyway, airshaft, air shaft, shaftway, chain pipe, gangway, alley, sailyard, more...

Opposite:
bow thruster, stern thruster, propeller tunnel

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Similar:
shaft, layshaft, alleyway, airshaft, air shaft, shaftway, chain pipe, gangway, alley, sailyard, more...

Opposite:
bow thruster, stern thruster, propeller tunnel



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