Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal coupling device consisting of an oblong piece internally threaded at both ends into which the corresponding sections of two threaded rods are screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for tension or length.
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- noun A
coupling device consisting of twoeyelets or other connection points connected inscrew threads . The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device withmechanical advantage provided by the screw threads. - noun nautical A
link threaded on both ends of a shortbar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
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Examples
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The other end of each shroud and backstay is attached to an adjustable device called a turnbuckle.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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The other end of each shroud and backstay is attached to an adjustable device called a turnbuckle.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Curved glass should allow players to deflect or roll away from the so-called turnbuckle instead of striking it hard with potential dangerous injuries.
Thestar.com - Home Page Bob Mitchell 2011
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I had probably been a professional wrestling fan for the better part of three years at the time, though I heard stories about angering my mother as I turned the couch into a top turnbuckle at an earlier age.
Stephen Montemayor: Kansas City Arena's End Stokes Memories of Tragic Fall Stephen Montemayor 2011
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I had probably been a professional wrestling fan for the better part of three years at the time, though I heard stories about angering my mother as I turned the couch into a top turnbuckle at an earlier age.
Stephen Montemayor: Kansas City Arena's End Stokes Memories of Tragic Fall Stephen Montemayor 2011
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Last Wednesday morning in a renovated turnbuckle factory in Park Slope, six female performers with significant deltoids were warming up on trapeze swings when a neighborhood man wandered in through the studio's barn-like doors.
Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011
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As the opening bells of "Barry Horowitz" rang, the 320-pound, ginger-bearded behemoth patted himself on the back before launching off the proverbial turnbuckle onto wack emcees.
Jerell Tongson: Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Action Bronson and Mr. M-fin' eXquire Shut Down Southpaw Jerell Tongson 2012
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The self-styled "Macho Man" demolished opponents with flying elbow drops launched from a top turnbuckle, and then gloried in the boos of the multitudes.
Macho Man's Moves, Duds Popularized Wrestling Stephen Miller 2011
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And now that Tim Pawlenty is jumping in the race, the appeal of the 2012 GOP field is plummeting faster than Randy Savage from the top turnbuckle rest in peace, Macho Man.
HUFFPOST HILL - Jon Huntsman Latest Addition To Team Individual Mandate Eliot Nelson 2011
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Huge explosions, rockets the size of tractor trailers, getting hit with a folding chair, and running head first into the turnbuckle never did more than temporary damage, presumably because both Godzillas are "scientific" wrestlers.
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