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Examples
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It was nicely balanced, hooked up to a padeye in the middle.
Letting go James Lloyd Davis 2011
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Pollux snapped the light messenger line to a padeye.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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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
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He snapped his second line to the ring of the padeye and straightened up.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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Castor, still breathing heavily, looked for a padeye in the side of the ship.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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He had bent several lines together, one end to her waist, the other to a padeye.
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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The previous day we had welded a padeye on the inside of the hatch to the fantail so it was secured from the inside.
ry commented on the word padeye
see pad-eye
April 24, 2014