Turnbuckle
noun
1.
a link or sleeve with a swivel at one end and an internal screw thread at the other, or with an internal screw thread at each end, used as a means of uniting or coupling, and of tightening, two parts, as the ends of two rods.
noun
1.
an open mechanical sleeve usually having a swivel at one end and a thread at the other to enable a threaded wire or rope to be tightened
Read Also:
- Turn-button
noun 1. button (def 9).
- Turncoat
noun 1. a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade. noun 1. a person who deserts one cause or party for the opposite faction; renegade
- Turncock
noun 1. (formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
- Turndown
adjective 1. that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar. noun 2. an act or instance of being refused or rejected: He got turndowns from all the better colleges.
- Turned
verb (used with object) 1. to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key; to turn the cap of a jar. 3. to reverse the […]