Definizione monolingua

shifter

shifter (plural shifters)

1. One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
2. (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

   Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. — Milton.

3. (nautical) An assistant to the ships cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
4. (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
5. (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

Definizione dizionario shifter

variatore

Altri significati:

A person, animal, or object that shifts or changes.