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Clevis pin
A 3/16" or ¼" locking pin, headed at one end, with an eye at the other through which a keeper pin is passed to prevent accidental withdrawal
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clevis pin
A metal pin used to attach fittings to each other or their mounts.
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clevis pin - A large pin; the pin used to secure one fitting to another.
clew - The sail's aftmost corner, to which the sheet is attached.
clew lines - Clew garnets. Ropes used for hauling up the clews of sails.

Clevis Pin:
A large pin that secures one fitting to another.
Clew:
The lower aft corner of a fore and aft sail, both lower corners of a spinnaker, and the lower corners of a square sail ...

Clevis pins should be closely fitted to the holes in the clevis to reduce wear and reduce the failure rate of either the pin or the clevis.[3]
[edit] Twist clevis
An assortment of shackles, with twist clevises in the middle ...

clevis pin
A metal rod that closes a shackle or the jaws of a turnbuckle or other fitting. Some clevis pins are held closed by cotter pins or rings, others by threading (screw pin), others by retractable balls (fast pin, quick-release pin).
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clevis pin: a small cylindrically shaped pin used to close shackles or outhaul fittings, or to fasten a turnbuckle to a chain plate. clew: the lower after corner of a sail, where the foot meets the leech.

A two-horned fitting used to secure a line to the boat or mast clevis A u-shaped metal fitting with a pin that can be inserted through a hole in one arm of the u and screwed or pinned in the other arm close to the link clevis pin A small ...

See also: Boat, Deck, Block, Sailing, Forward

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