hook bolt

noun

1. a bolt bent in a hooklike form at one end and threaded for a nut at the other.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hook bolt¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Exercise 14.—Draw, full size, the elevation of the hook bolt with hexagonal nut shown in fig.

From Project Gutenberg

From beside an Esquimaux stone-mark, on the east side of Montreal Island:—Part of a preserved-meat tin, painted red; part of the rim of some strong copper case or vessel; pieces of iron hoop, two pieces of flat iron, an iron hook bolt, a piece of sheet copper.

From Project Gutenberg