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wring-bolt
† wring-bolt obs. erron. f. ring-bolt.1815 Burney Dict. Marine, Wring-bolts,..in ship-building, are bolts used to bend and secure the planks against the timbers. [Hence in Crabb (1823) and later Dicts. Cf. wrain-bolt.] Oxford English Dictionary
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wring-staff
ˈwring-staff, -stave rare—0. [Cf. wring-bolt, wrain-stave.] A staff for inserting in an eye of a ring-bolt.1815 Burney Dict. Marine, Wring-staves..are strong pieces of wood used with the Wring-Bolts. [Hence in Crabb (1823) and some later Dicts.] 1884 Imp. Dict. s.v., Wring-staff;..called also Wrain-... Oxford English Dictionary
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