What is "turnbuckle"

Usage examples of "turnbuckle".

And Dai visited there frequently afterwards, whenever the circus needed some item like a shackle, a turnbuckle, varnish, whatever, and he somehow always came out with the exact item he wanted, in the exactly right size, strength, color or whatever.

Yggdrasil knew in its vegetable fashion that a girdle of foreign substance encircled its waist, but its senses were not adequate to tell it about the tether and the gargantuan turnbuckle that anchored the girdle.

Sam leaps from the turnbuckle, sails through the dank air, and tackles the 3oo-pound pro.

Peter shook his head, twisted a turnbuckle past the stripped place on the threads.

As we passed down the hall, I saw everywhere the hallmarks of pride and craftsmanship, from the smallest, polished turnbuckle to the handles of cursory valves and spigots to the brass railings and handholds that were in such abundance on board.

I sealed the kitchen door behind me with the turnbuckle, zipped my jacket all the way up to my nose, took the heavy-duty flashlight from its perch near the chainsaw, and thumbed open the latch of the outside door.

Open hook-and-eye, shoulder inner door open against spring tension, step into shed, let door close, seal with wooden turnbuckle, stand clear of outer door, spin its turnbuckle open, let wind blow door open, step outside, yank door shut and secure with hook-and-eye latch.

He personally strung a cable over the grating close above the boilers, tightened it with a turnbuckle, and hung a tarpaulin over it to form a sort of tent.

I took off my robe and leaned against the turnbuckle with my arms draped over the top rope.

Blanchard had reached a neutral turnbuckle, and being prone took the jiggle out of my vision.

At this moment, Boom-Boom Beck was kneeling on it, and he and a Slovak on the other center pole were adjusting the turnbuckles and tension of the tightrope that crossed the fifty-foot space between them.

Maurice and Paprika were closely eyeing the men arranging their trapeze apparatus up near the roof peak, and Sunday and Monday Simms were just as closely watching other men tighten the turnbuckles of their rope slanted between peak and ground.

Just potter around in quest of the best steering gear, or try to decide whether you will set up your rigging with old-fashioned lanyards or with turnbuckles, if you want strain of detail.

A team of sailors had re-erected the deckhouse on shore, using piles of sand to brace the sides in place of the turnbuckles that normally clamped it to the deck.

The approach of the supports for the upper floor of the trailing platform necessitated the removal of these turnbuckles from all but the three leading rings, but if the iron showed a tendency to continue distortion, they were re-inserted after the passage of the trailing platform and remained until the arch of the concrete lining was placed.