rare–0. [Cf. WRING-BOLT, WRAIN-STAVE.] A staff for inserting in an eye of a ring-bolt.
1815. Burney, Dict. Marine, Wring-staves … are strong pieces of wood used with the Wring-Bolts. [Hence in Crabb (1823), and some later Dicts.]
1884. Imp. Dict., s.v., Wring-staff;… called also Wrain-staff.
