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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French tirefond. By surface analysis, tire + fond. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from Old Occitan tirafons.
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Noun
tire-fond m (plural tire-fonds)
- eyebolt
- a large wood screw; (rail transport) wood screw attaching a chair to a cross-tie
- (medicine, historical) a threaded rod used as part of a bullet extractor
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