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
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 Robert Ames Bennet
Harry reached out, grasped it with one hand, and pulled it toward him, guiding it toward the eyebolt.
From Thin Edge by Randall Garrett
Turnbuckle—A form of wire-tightener, consisting of a barrel into each end of which is screwed an eyebolt.
From The Aeroplane Speaks by H. (Horatio) Barber
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