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wringbolt

noun

Etymology

From wring + bolt.

  1. derived from *bʰūs-✻
  2. derived from *buzdô✻
  3. derived from bulter
  4. derived from bulten
  5. compounded as wringbolt — “wring + bolt”

Definitions

  1. A bolt with a ring or eye, used by shipwrights to temporarily bend and secure the planks…

    A bolt with a ring or eye, used by shipwrights to temporarily bend and secure the planks against the timbers until they are fixed in place.

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