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, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together in shipbuilding.
  • noun A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.

Etymologies

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set +‎ bolt

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