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wringbolt

wringbolt noun: 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.

Noun

wringbolt (plural wringbolts)

  1. (historical) 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.

Forms of wringbolt

pluralwringbolts
alternative formwrain-bolt

Origin of wringbolt

From wring + bolt.

Questions about wringbolt

What does wringbolt mean?
Wringbolt means 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.
What part of speech is wringbolt?
Wringbolt is a noun.
What is the plural of wringbolt?
The plural of wringbolt is wringbolts.

Words near wringbolt in the dictionary

  1. wring-house
  2. wring-staff
  3. wring-stave
  4. wring-staves
  5. wringable
  6. wringbolt
  7. wringbolts
  8. wringed
  9. wringer
  10. wringerless
  11. wringers

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