bottle screw

Example Sentences

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Possibly the thread was an easy one, but, in any case, the constant working of the ship had caused the bottle screw to "run back".

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The chain that secured it to its fellows had at one time been set up by a massive bottle screw.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

With each lurch of the vessel to starboard the bottle screw strained, until the young officer felt certain that the last two threads had stripped and the last restraining bonds had been loosed.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Then, pulling out the marline-spike of his knife, and holding it between his teeth, Anstey began to scale the precarious wall of steel until he could tackle the almost disjointed bottle screw.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)