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

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screw eye

A small stout screw eye should next be inserted at the rear edge of the board, and another one fastened to the back board, two inches from the bottom.

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

Laying Out the Sail. hammered so it would close over the screw eye to keep it from slipping off.

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

An electric current passing through the wires of the vertical bolt will therefore lift the head of the horizontal bolt, which will drop back on to the screw eye when the circuit is broken.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

Drive a heavy screw eye into the big end of the handle and fasten to the polisher by a staple driven through the eye into the center of the cover, thus making a universal joint.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

By still another method, an elastic is passed through the screw eye in the stock and over the finger piece of the trigger, thus tending continually to draw it back and spring the hammer.

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