单词 | explosive bolt |
释义 | explosive boltn. 1. A crossbow quarrel, rifle bolt, or similar projectile of a type designed to explode automatically or upon impact. Cf. bolt n.1 I. rare. ΚΠ 1857 Morning News (London) 24 Sept. 1/6 I can enclose a roll of paper..in the wooden shaft of either my rifle whistle-signal, or percussion explosive bolt. 1896 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 9 Oct. 6/3 These slender lacquered tubes..literally rain explosive bolts of steel with the precision of a squirrel rifle. 2010 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 20 July 41 Weapons range from pistols to crossbows (with explosive bolts). 2. a. A bolt (bolt n.1 7a) which is anchored by exploding a small charge contained in its shaft, causing it to expand. Cf. explosive rivet n. at explosive adj. and n. Compounds. Now disused. ΚΠ 1938 Army Ordnance May 364/1 Allan..discloses an explosive bolt or rivet which includes a cavity receiving a powder charge which is ignitable to expand the surrounding portion of the bolt or rivet. 1964 Dept. Interior: Hearings before Subcomm. Appropriations (U.S. House of Representatives, 88th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 615 Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp...is becoming interested in the explosive bolt as a possible item for their rockbolting line. b. A bolt which can be fractured or released at need by exploding an integral charge.Explosive bolts are frequently used in aeronautics and astronautics, e.g. to release a spacecraft from its launch vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of round bolt1582 ringbolt1599 pikebolt1622 rag bolt1625 set-bolt1627 clinch-bolta1642 eyebolt1649 clinch1659 screw-bolt1690 king bolt1740 wrain-bolt1750 wraining-bolt1769 toggle-bolt1794 strap-bolt1795 wring-bolt1815 through-bolt1821 truss-bolt1825 slip-stopper1831 stud bolt1838 anchor bolt1839 king rod1843 joint bolt1844 spade-bolt1850 shackle-bolt1852 roof bolt1853 set-stud1855 coach bolt1869 truss-rod1873 fox-bolt1874 garnish-bolt1874 fang-bolt1876 stud1878 U bolta1884 rock bolt1887 hook bolt1899 tower bolt1911 explosive bolt1948 1948 Aeroplane 3 Sept. 288/1 The four launching rockets..were then jettisoned, by the shearing of explosive bolts. 1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 54 The escape tower..is attached to the capsule by explosive bolts which blow apart and separate the two components when the tower is no longer needed. 1977 New Scientist 21 July 142/1 The big question is how it will perform as a glider when it is cut loose from the carrier airplane by explosive bolts at 22 000 feet and landed by its autopilot on a dry lake bed in the Californian desert. 2011 Sunday Times (Scottish ed.) (Nexis) 25 Sept. (Features section) The hinges are fitted with explosive bolts that fire when the car is upside down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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