screw eye
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of screw eye
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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)
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)
Tie tightly to this screw eye a strong piece of rope.
From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William
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)
An ordinary ball used in bowling is used by plugging shut the holes and inserting a screw eye in one of the plugged holes.
From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William
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