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

Word definitions for roller bearing in dictionaries

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

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 ]

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.