ringbolt

English

Alternative forms

• ring bolt
• ring-bolt

Etymology

From ring +‎ bolt.

Noun

ringbolt (plural ringbolts)

1. 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

• ringbolt hitching

Translations

an eyebolt that has a ring through the eye

• Bulgarian: болт с пръстен (bolt s prǎsten)
• Irish: bolta fáinne m
• Italian: golfare (it) m

References

• “ringbolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• trobling