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单词 turn-buckle
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ˈturn-ˌbucklen.

Etymology: < turn v. + buckle n.
1. A catch or fastening for window casements, shutters, etc., consisting of a thin flat bar pivoted so that it falls by its weight into a slit or groove.
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turn-bout1703
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1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 100 Smiths..ask'd me 6d. per Pound for Casements..with Turn~bouts (or Turn-buckles, as some call'd 'em) or Cock-spurs, and Pull-backs at the Hind-side to pull them to with.
1717 Inventory of Goods (MS.) One Glass Window, One Casemt with a Turnbuckle.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 184 Turnbuckles, small..6.
2. A coupling with internal screw threads for connecting metal rods lengthwise or for regulating their length or tension; transf. a device for coupling electric wires ( Funk's Stand. Dict., 1895).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > other fastenings
wire1426–7
drawbar1530
button1676
strap1753
dog bolt1810
quick-set1842
turn-buckle1877
bottle screw1903
ziplock1956
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Turn-buckle,..(Nautical), a link used for setting up and tightening the iron rods employed as stays for the smoke-stack.
1895 Outing 26 44 Deadeyes and lanyards are fast giving way before the advance of the turnbuckle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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