shifter
(noun)
noun
1. a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
Similar word(s): sceneshifter
Definition categories: person, stagehand
2. a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
- in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever
Similar word(s): gearshift, gearstick
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with shifter as a noun:
- 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. — Milton.