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rock bolt

American  

noun

Mining, Civil Engineering.

  1. a steel or fiberglass bolt inserted and anchored in a hole drilled in rock to prevent caving of the roof of a tunnel or subterranean chamber.

Etymology

Origin of rock bolt

First recorded in 1955–60

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