eyebolt

American  

[ahy-bohlt] / ˈaɪˌboʊlt /

noun

1. a bolt having a ring-shaped head.

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eyebolt British  

/ ˈaɪˌbəʊlt /

noun

1. a threaded bolt, the head of which is formed into a ring or eye for lifting, pulling, or securing

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Etymology

Origin of eyebolt

First recorded in 1760–70; eye + bolt ¹

Example Sentences

A lardcan poured with concrete with an eyebolt in the center.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

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

Blake looked, as they looked, at post and diagonal, eyebolt and bottom-chord, and across the gap at the swaying tip of the north cantilever.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

On board the Swash all was well—not a rope-yarn had parted, or an eyebolt drawn.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore