ringbolt

American  

[ring-bohlt] / ˈrɪŋˌboʊlt /

noun

1. a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.

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ringbolt British  

/ ˈrɪŋˌbəʊlt /

noun

1. a bolt with a ring fitted through an eye attached to the bolt head

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Etymology

Origin of ringbolt

First recorded in 1620–30; ring ¹ + bolt ¹

Example Sentences

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ringbolt

Everything on the decks was brightly revealed, every ringbolt, the pins in the rails, deadeyes, sails, gear, aye, every rope in the rigging was boldly etched against the glowing background.

From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer

I was yet straining my eyes towards the chase and grieving for the poor souls aboard her, when, at word from Joanna, I was seized and fast bound to a ringbolt.

From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Jeffery Farnol

"If I was as small as you, or a ringbolt chaser like Chips, I might be able to do it."

From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Richard Clynton

The boat was securely fastened in a similar way by cutting a makeshift for a ringbolt in the floor of ice.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

"Old Joe had to lasso him and draw him down to a ringbolt before he could rub him off."

From Wild Bill's Last Trail by Ned Buntline