Noun
a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor
Source: WordNetIt was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids. Hunter S. Thompson
The Da Nang tourism department has confirmed the death of a Chinese tourist in the elevator shaft of a hotel in Ngu Hanh Son District. Source: Internet
The vertical elevator shaft was sunk, and the elevator mechanism was installed to carry the men up and down and to remove the spoils while the horizontal shaft was dug from the shoreside. Source: Internet
Three days later, police were alerted after the hotel staff reported a stench coming from the hotel elevator and Yin’s body was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft. Source: Internet