ringbolt
English
Alternative forms
- ring bolt
- ring-bolt
Etymology
Noun
ringbolt (plural ringbolts)
- an eyebolt with a captive ring passing through it
- 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC:
- The anchors and ring-bolts, and other iron work, were blackened with coal-tar
Derived terms
Translations
an eyebolt that has a ring through the eye
References
- “ringbolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.