English Explanatory Dictionary

wringbolt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

wringbolt wringbolts wrain-bolt

Etymology

From wring + bolt.

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