screw eye
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of screw eye
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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)
Place a screw eye about 1/2 in. from the edge on each side of these openings.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
The head of the horizontal bolt rests upon the screw eye which is immediately below the head of the suspended bolt.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
A stick was nailed across the end of each spoke and the bail of the pail was held by a screw eye threaded into this stick.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
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