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turnbuckles
n. (plural of turnbuckle English)
Usage examples of "turnbuckles".
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.