eyebolt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eyebolt
Example Sentences
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Other Ebola experts have taken to calling this loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
A lardcan poured with concrete with an eyebolt in the center.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Turnbuckle—A form of wire-tightener, consisting of a barrel into each end of which is screwed an eyebolt.
From The Aeroplane Speaks by Barber, H. (Horatio)
Under the starbord fore chains we find one of the chain-plate bolts started, in consequence of the timber and inside plank being rotten; and also a preventer eyebolt, from the same cause.
From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 by Flinders, Matthew
A lug fitted into an offset in the larger eyebolt so that the spike could not twist.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Manucy, Albert
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