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Rawlplug, n. and v.|ˈrɔːlplʌg|
Also Rawl-plug, and with small initial.
[f. the name of J. J. and W. R. Rawl(ings, English electrical engineers, who introduced it + plug n.]
A. n. A proprietary name for a kind of thin cylindrical plug, made of fibre or plastic, which can be inserted into a hole in masonry, etc., in order to hold a screw or nail. Also applied loosely to any plug of this type.
1912Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Oct. 1648 Rawlplug... A wall plug for electric wiring made of fibre. Rawlings Bros., Limited, 82, Gloucester Rd., London, S.W.; Electrical engineers. 1923Radio Times 28 Sept. 35/1 For any job connected with Wireless where you use a screw..always use Rawlplugs. 1941M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah vii. 124 The shelf for brushes that Nick Lindsay had fixed up with rawl-plugs. 1947‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 7 Feb. 12/1 The amateur handyman, with his tack hammer and his pocketful of rawlplugs. 1960Willmott & Young Family & Class in London Suburb. ii. 24 Her role is..to stand at the bottom of a ladder handing up his power-tool..or a box of Rawlplugs. 1962H. Thurston Where is thy Sting? iv. 55 A long panel of looking-glass which Philippa had fixed with rawlplugs on one side of the fireplace. 1972D. Haston In High Places i. 9 The climber drills a hole in the rock, hammers in an expansion bolt (something like the domestic Rawlplug), attaches a carabiner and proceeds in normal fashion.
Also Rawl, a proprietary term used attrib. or as a prefix in names of tools, screws, bolts, and related accessories.
1937Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 Sept. 1151 Rawl... Cutlery and edge tools. The Rawlplug Company Limited. 1958Engineering 14 Feb. 54 (Advt.), The holes are drilled with a Rawltool to the exact size, the Rawlbolts dropped in and after the machine has been positioned the bolts are tightened. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 246 American rawl stud bolts for hard rock. 1976Shooting Mag. Dec. 9/1 (Advt.), The cabinet has been designed for fixing to the wall by means of three Rawlbolts through strengthening bars.
B. v. trans. (Freq. with lower-case initial.) To attach by means of a Rawlplug or the like; to drill a hole in (a wall, etc.) and insert a Rawlplug. Hence ˈrawlplugging vbl. n.
1960‘A. Burgess’ Right to Answer i. 5 He'd rawlplugged his pictures..deep into the walls. 1964E. & M. A. Radford Hungry Killer xiv. 133 The bookcase, Rawlplugged to the wall. 1971Ideal Home Apr. 52/1 Brass hooks rawlplugged to the wall hold it in place. 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 92 You should have Rawl-plugged the wall. You're cracking the plaster. 1974M. Butterworth Man in Sopwith Camel i. 17 Plastering, paperhanging, rawlplugging, joinering. |