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Answer for the clue "Support allowing shaft to rotate ", 14 letters:
roller bearing

Word definitions for roller bearing in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A bearing, in which the load is carried by round (e.g. cylindrical or spherical) elements.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. bearings containing small metal balls [syn: ball bearing , needle bearing ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roller bearing \Roll"er bear"ing\ (Mach.) A bearing containing friction rollers.

Usage examples of roller bearing.

The springloaded piston shot the hedgehog into the darkness, where its momentum and roller bearing wheels took it smoothly around the bend.

Henry Timken, a wealthy industrialst and investor of the roller bearing, got wind of Schlichten's invention and went to meet the inventor in February of 1917.