staybolted

English

Etymology

From staybolt +‎ -ed.

Adjective

staybolted (not comparable)

1. (of a firebox, boiler etc.) fitted with staybolts.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

     Kansas City Southern's 10 J-class 2-10-4's of 1937 had the first staybolted boilers with 310 pounds pressure.

   • 2018, The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century‎^[1], by Tom Morrison, McFarland, →ISBN:

     7.2.6 Problems of the Staybolted Firebox: The firebox was the most problematical of the component structures of the steam locomotive. It required endless maintenance.