Turn-buck′le.
1. (Hardware.) A form of shutter-fastening having a gravitating catch a (Fig. 6794).Turn-buckles. |
2. (Ordnance.) An analogous device used for securing the free ends of the implementchains in a guncar-riage and the cover of the ammunition-chest (b).
3. (Nautical.) A link used for setting up and [2660] tightening the iron rods employed as stays for the smoke-stack of a steamer or for similar objects (c d).