stage screw

English

Etymology

stage + screw

Noun

stage screw (plural stage screws)

(theater) A forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).

Translations

a screw with a handle

German: Bühnenschraube f, Theaterschraube f, Theater-Schraube f

Anagrams

screwgates

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