lag screw

lag screw
noun
a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench
• Syn: ↑lag bolt
• Hypernyms: ↑woodscrew

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noun
Etymology: lag (VI); from its original use in securing lags to drums or cylinders
: a screw having a wrench head and woodscrew threads terminating in a point — called also lag bolt

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a heavy wood screw having a square or hexagonal head driven by a wrench. Also called coach screw, lag bolt. See illus. under screw.
[1870-75]

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lag screw,
a wood screw having a square bolthead; lag bolt.

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1.
n. a heavy wood screw with a square or hexagonal head. Also called , lag bolt
2.
v. [trans.] lag-screw fasten with a lag screw

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  • lag screw — n. a wood screw with a boltlike head: see SCREW …   English World dictionary

  • lag-screw — /lag skrooh /, v.t. to fasten with a lag screw. * * * …   Universalium

  • lag-screw — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: lag screw : to fasten or join with a lag screw * * * /lag skrooh /, v.t. to fasten with a lag screw …   Useful english dictionary

  • lag screw — a heavy wood screw having a square or hexagonal head driven by a wrench. Also called coach screw, lag bolt. See illus. under screw. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

  • Screw — (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Screw bolt — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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