ringbolts
Looped metal anchors
Ringbolts are bolts with a ring or loop at one end, used for securing ropes, cables, or chains.
They're commonly found on docks, ships, and warehouse floors—anywhere heavy objects need to be tied down or towed: The crew threaded the mooring line through the ringbolts on the pier.
Ship's flat surface
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- hawserThick nautical tethering rope
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
bollard · cleat · dockline · gunwale · bowline · stern · capstan · shackle
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- eyeboltThreaded fastener with loop head
- threadedPassed through an opening
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- weldedJoined metals by melting
fastener · anchor point · lifting · rigging · load-bearing · galvanized · hardware · mounting
Secures ships to seabed
- belayAnchor a rope
- rappelControlled rope descent
- fixed pointValue unchanged by function
- protectionGuarding against harm
carabiner · abseil · crag · route · harness · descender · rock face · mountaineering
deck
Ship's flat surface
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- hawserThick nautical tethering rope
rigging · bollard · cleat · dockline · gunwale · bowline · stern · capstan · shackle · chain
forging
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- eyeboltThreaded fastener with loop head
- threadedPassed through an opening
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
welded · fastener · anchor point · lifting · rigging · load-bearing · galvanized · hardware · mounting · machinery
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- belayAnchor a rope
- rappelControlled rope descent
- fixed pointValue unchanged by function
protection · carabiner · abseil · crag · route · harness · descender · rock face · mountaineering · safety
shackle
Metal limb restraint
- chainLinked segments forming length
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- manacleWrist restraint, usually paired
tether · prisoner · wall-mounted · bondage · confinement · cell · fetters · iron · medieval · captive