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eyebolt

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bolt with a looped head or an opening in the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From eye + bolt. Compare Icelandic augabolti (“ringbolt”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: očko — bolt with a looped head
  • Finnish: silmäpultti — bolt with a looped head
  • Finnish: silmäruuvi — bolt with a looped head
  • German: Ringschraube — bolt with a looped head
  • German: Ringbolzen — bolt with a looped head
  • German: Augenschraube — bolt with a looped head
  • Greek: κοχλίας με οφθαλμό (kochlías me ofthalmó) — bolt with a looped head
  • Irish: bolta cró — bolt with a looped head
  • Italian: occhione — bolt with a looped head
  • Italian: occhiolo — bolt with a looped head
  • Portuguese: pitão — bolt with a looped head
  • Portuguese: olhal — bolt with a looped head
  • Russian: бо́лт с петлёй (bólt s petljój) — bolt with a looped head
  • Russian: о́бух (óbux) — bolt with a looped head
  • Russian: ры́м-бо́лт (rým-bólt) — bolt with a looped head
  • Russian: бо́лт с проу́шиной (bólt s proúšinoj) — bolt with a looped head
  • Spanish: cáncamo — bolt with a looped head
  • Spanish: armella — bolt with a looped head
  • Swedish: skruvögla — bolt with a looped head