setbolt
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editsetbolt (plural setbolts)
- An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together in shipbuilding.
- 1849, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms […] :
- Eccentrics are fitted in two parts, and secured to the axle by a hoop and setbolts
- A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
References
edit- “setbolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.