king bolt

A form of kingbolt — The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.

Meanings

nounking bolt (plural king bolts)

plural king bolts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of kingbolt

    [A] third cauterized the severed arteries by applying a piping hot king bolt that had been removed from one of the wagons and heated in the fire.

    2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 18
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Chicago

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