Home › Words › T › turnbuckleturnbuckleturnbuckle · noun — A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, turnbuckle ranks #16,998 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom turn + buckle.nounA coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads.A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together.The area at either end of a bench where the edge of the glass is padded and meets the boards at a right angle.e.g.“A player who is checked into the turnbuckles may be injured.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.eyebolt 59% match — A bolt with a looped head or an opening in the head. vs turnbuckle →wringbolt 59% match — A bolt with a ring or eye, used by shipwrights to temporarily bend and secure the planks against the timbers until they are fixed in place. vs turnbuckle →eyebar 58% match — A straight bar, usually of metal, with a hole or "eye" at each end to allow it to be fixed to other components. vs turnbuckle →toggle 57% match — A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat. vs turnbuckle →buckling 56% match — The act of fastening a buckle. vs turnbuckle →drawbolt 56% match — A type of bolt with a threaded end that can be tightened to pull connected parts closer together and to increase tension. vs turnbuckle →bolt 56% match — A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. vs turnbuckle →clevis 56% match — A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt. vs turnbuckle →