an open mechanical sleeve usually having a swivel at one end and a thread at the other to enable a threaded wire or rope to be tightened
Word origin
C19: from turn + buckle
turnbuckle in American English
(ˈtɜrnˌbʌkəl)
noun
a metal sleeve with opposite internal threads at each end for the threaded ends of two rods or for ringbolts, forming a coupling that can be turned to tighten or loosen the rods or wires attached to the ringbolts
Examples of 'turnbuckle' in a sentence
turnbuckle
Took a flier off the top turnbuckle, up about ten, twelve feet in the air.