Look up: turnbuckle

1. Turnbuckle
   Tensioning device using right handed and left handed threads for adjustment. Also called a rigging screw when used on shrouds.
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2. Turnbuckle
   a tensile attachment of the shrouds to the gunwale
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3. Turnbuckle
   A double-ended eyebolt with a left and right-handed thread in the central nut. A turn of the latter draws both bolts together, thus increasing the tension in the rod or wire to which the turnbuckle is attached. Turnbuckles were used profusely on the older wire-braced aeroplane structures.
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4. turnbuckle
   A device for adjustment of length fitted at the lower end of shrouds,stays,smokestack guys,and so on,in lieu of deadeyes and lanyards. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • device used in a control system to adjust cable tension Category: Mechanical engineering
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5. turnbuckle
   noun an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
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6. Turnbuckle
   A coupling, threaded right and left or swiveled on one end, for adjustably connecting two rods.
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7. Turnbuckle
   A rotating sleeve or link with internal screw threads at each end and used to tighten or connect the ends of a rod.
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8. Turnbuckle
   A turnbuckle is a coupling screwed at both ends, noe end having a right-hand and the other end having a left-hand thread, to which the ends of two bars are screwed. By turning the turnbuckle the screw threads enter further into the screwed sockets, and the bars are drawn nearer together. Turnbuckles...
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9. turnbuckle
   A metal fitting used to adjust the tension on standing rigging.
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10. Turnbuckle
    A `turnbuckle`, `stretching screw` or `bottlescrew` is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems. It normally consists of two threaded eyelets, one screwed into each end of a small metal loop, one with a left-hand thread and the other with ...
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