[ 'rɔ:lplʌg ]
■ noun Brit. trademark a thin plastic or fibre sheath that is inserted into a hole in masonry in order to hold a screw.
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Rawlings (the engineers who introduced it) + plug .
[ 'rɔ:lplʌg ]
■ noun Brit. trademark a thin plastic or fibre sheath that is inserted into a hole in masonry in order to hold a screw.
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Rawlings (the engineers who introduced it) + plug .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004