WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rock bolt′, [Mining, Civ. Engin.]
  1. Mining, Civil Engineeringa steel or fiberglass bolt inserted and anchored in a hole drilled in rock to prevent caving of the roof of a tunnel or subterranean chamber.
  • 1955–60


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