kingbolt

English

Alternative forms

• king bolt

Etymology

From king +‎ bolt.

Noun

kingbolt (plural kingbolts)

1. The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
   • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:

     He come at me with a kingbolt and said, ‘Rooster, I am going to punch that other eye out.’

   • 2006, Hampton Sides, Blood and Thunder, Abacus, published 2014, page 18:

     [A] third cauterized the severed arteries by applying a piping hot king bolt that had been removed from one of the wagons and heated in the fire.

Synonyms

• kingpin