Usually means: Device used to adjust tension.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word turnbuckle:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. turnbuckle: Merriam-Webster
  2. turnbuckle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turnbuckle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. turnbuckle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. turnbuckle: Vocabulary.com
  6. turnbuckle: Wordnik
  7. turnbuckle: Wiktionary
  8. turnbuckle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. turnbuckle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. turnbuckle: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. turnbuckle: Dictionary.com
  12. turnbuckle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Turnbuckle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. turnbuckle: FreeDictionary.org
  15. turnbuckle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. turnbuckle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. turnbuckle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turnbuckle: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turnbuckle: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Turnbuckle: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (turnbuckle)

noun:  A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.
noun:  (nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)

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