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lewis bolt

American  

noun

Building Trades.

  1. an anchor bolt having a conical base around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it.

Etymology

Origin of lewis bolt

First recorded in 1870–75

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He found the Lewis bolt fixed to its end, but the wedge had gone, and he climbed to the spot where the end of the beam had been fixed.

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