Definition of "eyebolt" [eye•bolt]

• A bolt having a looped head designed to receive a hook or rope. (noun)

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• "To lock up his family's baby carriage in the common hallway, he hammered a steel plate and eyebolt into the base of the wall just outside his front door."
• "An eyebolt had been screwed into a stud inside the wall just above the bed, about three inches below the ceiling."
• "He reached in and pulled the next section toward him, and, when it was out, Cork saw that an eyebolt had been screwed into the backside, which would allow it to be removed easily from the other side of the wall."