eyebolt

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noun

A bolt with a looped head or an opening in the head.

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Meanings

nouneyebolt (plural eyebolts)

plural eyebolts · alternative eye bolt

  1. A bolt with a looped head or an opening in the head.

Origin

From eye + bolt. Compare Icelandic augabolti (“ringbolt”).

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Translations

Czech očko
  • očkobolt with a looped head
Finnish silmäpultti, silmäruuvi
  • silmäpulttibolt with a looped head
  • silmäruuvibolt with a looped head
German Ringschraube, Ringbolzen
  • Ringschraubebolt with a looped head
  • Ringbolzenbolt with a looped head
  • Augenschraubebolt with a looped head
Greek κοχλίας με οφθαλμό
  • κοχλίας με οφθαλμό (kochlías me ofthalmó)bolt with a looped head
Irish bolta cró
  • bolta cróbolt with a looped head
Italian occhione, occhiolo
  • occhionebolt with a looped head
  • occhiolobolt with a looped head
Portuguese pitão, olhal
  • pitãobolt with a looped head
  • olhalbolt with a looped head
Russian бо́лт с петлёй, о́бух
  • бо́лт с петлёй (bólt s petljój)bolt with a looped head
  • о́бух (óbux)bolt with a looped head
  • ры́м-бо́лт (rým-bólt)bolt with a looped head
  • бо́лт с проу́шиной (bólt s proúšinoj)bolt with a looped head
Spanish cáncamo, armella
  • cáncamobolt with a looped head
  • armellabolt with a looped head
Swedish skruvögla
  • skruvöglabolt with a looped head
Cite this entry
APA

eyebolt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyebolt

MLA

“eyebolt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyebolt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyebolt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyebolt.

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