screw eye

American  

noun

1. a screw having a ring-shaped head.

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screw eye British  

noun

1. a wood screw with its shank bent into a ring

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Etymology

Origin of screw eye

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

There is to be a screw eye attached to the foot of the couch.

From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Stretching the Guy Lines. cord from the screw eye on one side to the point where the bolt was to be inserted, and traced its direction on the crosspiece.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)

The other extremities of the four poles should be supplied, each with a large screw eye.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton

Observe the time by the clock at which the star disappears behind the wire as seen through the center of the screw eye.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.

The former consists merely of a screw eye inserted into the end of the stick, afterwards hinged to the board by a wire staple.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton