a metal bar with a hole or ring at each end, used in bridge construction
eyebar in American English
(ˈaiˌbɑːr)
noun
Civil Engineering
a tension member, used esp. in bridge and roof trusses, having the form of a metal bar enlarged at each end to include an eye
Word origin
[1885–90; eye + bar1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, lineup, sensitization, toner, twofer