ring-bolt

The end of the line I made fast to the ring-bolt in the bow, and with the hook out of sight I waited for the next opportunity to use it.

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[T] he Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation's destiny ....

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For my part, as soon as I had let the foresail run, I threw myself flat on deck, with my feet against the narrow gunwale of the bow, and with my hands grasping a ring-bolt near the foot of the foremast.

Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill

All this time I had never let go of the ring-bolt.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

In bad weather it is kept hooked, bowsed taut, and the end expended through the ring-bolt and round the arms of the rear axle.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

All this time I had never let go of the ring-bolt.

Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill

For my part, as soon as I had let the foresail run, I threw myself flat on deck, with my feet against the narrow gunwale of the bow, and with my hands grasping a ring-bolt near the foot of the fore-mast.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

I thought at length that he comprehended my design, but, whether this was the case or not, he shook his head despairingly, and refused to move from his station by the ring-bolt.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

The prisoner sat upon the empty shackles and ring-bolt in the centre of the floor.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

I thought at length that he comprehended my design -- but, whether this was the case or not, he shook his head despairingly, and refused to move from his station by the ring-bolt.

Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill