Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ship-building, an iron bolt for faying planks close to each other, or for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Shipbuilding) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
- noun A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An iron
pin , orbolt , for fittingplanks closely together inshipbuilding . - noun A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
Etymologies
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set + bolt
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