Meanings
nounstay bolt (plural stay bolts)
plural stay bolts
- alternativeAlternative form of staybolt.
The viaduct is joined to the embankment by retaining walls, which have been strengthened since they were constructed by the addition of stay bolts extending right through the embankment and fastened outside each retaining wall.
1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487
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