garnish bolt

English

Noun

garnish bolt (plural garnish bolts)

1. A bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.
   • 1809, Louise de Tousard, American Artillerist's Companion:

     The cap-squares for trunnions are fixed with joint bolts, spring keys with chains and staples; garnish bolts; rosebuds; diamond headed and counter-sunk nails; upper and under pintle plates, &c.

References

• “garnish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.