"toggle bolt" meaning in All languages combined

See toggle bolt on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: toggle bolts [plural]
Etymology: From the resemblance of the hinged wings to a toggle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|toggle}} toggle Head templates: {{en-noun}} toggle bolt (plural toggle bolts)
  1. A fastening device consisting of a bolt and a pair of hinged, usually sprung, wings threaded at the hinge to receive the bolt, used by inserting the bolt with wings folded into a small hole in a sheet material to the point where the wings unfold and the bolt can be tightened. Wikipedia link: toggle bolt
    Sense id: en-toggle_bolt-en-noun-9ti5doPo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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