carriage bolt English

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What does carriage bolt mean?

carriage bolt

— noun a roundheaded bolt for timber; threaded along part of the shank; inserted into holes already drilled

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News and current affairs

Then, a bolt from the blue.

Israel's Labor Party has consistently said that it would bolt from the current coalition if peace talks were halted.

Then, a bolt from the blue. A letter from an old colleague in Southeast Asia with whom you've corresponded for years, attached to a manuscript that lays out your whole theory of natural selection in a nutshell.

Putin's statement hit like a bolt from the blue.

When Russia defaulted in August 1998, and investors began to bolt emerging markets, the U.S. and IMF decided to loan Brazil the proverbial rope to hang itself.