Definition of "shafted"

shafted

verb
1. simple past and past participle of shaft
adjective
comparative more shafted, superlative most shafted
1. Fitted with a shaft.
2. (heraldry, of a spear, axe, dagger, etc) Having a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.
  Quotations
  Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.
  1907, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, page 169
  […] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.
  1852, Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, page 1287
3. (slang) Cheated; screwed; ripped off.