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Examples

  • It was nicely balanced, hooked up to a padeye in the middle.

    Letting go James Lloyd Davis 2011

  • Pollux snapped the light messenger line to a padeye.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • They fastened each clutch of bikes to a padeye; the machines floated loosely out from the side like boats tied up to an ocean ship.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • He snapped his second line to the ring of the padeye and straightened up.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • Castor, still breathing heavily, looked for a padeye in the side of the ship.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • He had bent several lines together, one end to her waist, the other to a padeye.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • The previous day we had welded a padeye on the inside of the hatch to the fantail so it was secured from the inside.

    City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog 2009

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  • see pad-eye

    April 24, 2014