wringbolt

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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.

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Meanings

nounwringbolt (plural wringbolts)

plural wringbolts · alternative wrain-bolt

  1. historicalnauticalA 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.

Origin

From wring + bolt.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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