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What is a turnbuckle?

What is a turnbuckle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.
  2. (nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
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This turnbuckle fastens to the chainplate with a jaw fitting and pin, and is swaged to the wire rope stay.
The gripes are adjusted using a turnbuckle, the threaded part of which is secured by a shackle attached to the davit frame, and the other end, the turnbuckle eye, to the gripe shackle.
Make two collars out of wrought iron, the size depending upon the size of the turnbuckle.
Orton prevailed however, pretending to be injured and catching Jericho with an RKO as he came flying off the turnbuckle.
When the correct adjustment has been secured, the turnbuckle must be locked to prevent it from unscrewing.
A latch is not a turnbuckle, and no ironmonger's apprentice would confound the two.

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