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Categories: Sailing rigs and rigging, Ring (martial arts), Hardware (mechanical)
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turnbuckle  Bottle screw  bottlescrew  Cable tightener  stretching screw
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An oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension WordNet 3.0
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An oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A turnbuckle, stretching screw or bottlescrew is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems. Wikipedia
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. Wiktionary
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