Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The small pin of wood or iron that confines a shackle-bolt in place.
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Examples
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Then he goes to work whittling away the forelock of the forty-five-fathom shackle-pin, gives it a tap or two with a hammer just to make it loose, and of course that cable wasn't safe any more.
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