ringbolt

[ ring-bohlt ]

noun

1. a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.

ringbolt

/ ˈrɪŋˌbəʊlt /

noun

1. a bolt with a ring fitted through an eye attached to the bolt head

Word History and Origins

Origin of ringbolt¹

First recorded in 1620–30; ring ¹ + bolt ¹

Example Sentences

Aling was to follow me so far, and then remain stationary; he would thus be able to assist me in case I should retreat to the bows with Marie, and, besides, would bring up the other end of the line, after reeving it through a ringbolt in the stern of the boat, both to secure a good means of descent and to prevent the boatman, who we knew had no knife, from shoving off in ease of alarm.

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Fearing another flight across the hold when the vessel again tacked, I lay almost at full length on the rough floor, my shoeless feet wedged firmly against a stout ringbolt in the fore side of the bulkhead.

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It is all gone, It is all blurred that once so brightly shone; He cannot now with the old clearness see The rust upon one ringbolt of the quay.

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The boat was securely fastened in a similar way by cutting a makeshift for a ringbolt in the floor of ice.

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That was sufficient to indicate the kind of a picnic we were in for, and no time was lost in rigging a big fourfold or "luff"-tackle, which was stretched right along the deck from a stout ringbolt near the mainmast, and the forrard end hooked on to the chain.

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