Usually means: Old measurement, length of forearm.
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  1. shaftment: Merriam-Webster
  2. shaftment: Wordnik
  3. shaftment: Wiktionary
  4. Shaftment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Shaftment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Shaftment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. shaftment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. shaftment: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shaftment)

noun:  An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)
noun:  Traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.

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