clevis

[ klev-is ]

/ ˈklɛv ɪs /

a U-shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.

Origin of clevis

First recorded in 1585–95; akin to cleave²

A clevis, which is attached to the end of the beam and is used to regulate the depth of plowing.

The First Book of Farming |Charles L. Goodrich
This chain is five feet long and with clevis can be fastened around any log which the trapper will want to use.

Steel Traps |A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Then he started back toward the boat, after picking up a clevis which it seems the driver-boy had dropped.

Vandemark's Folly |Herbert Quick
On some plows there are only notches in the clevis for holding the ring, they answer the same purpose as holes.

The First Book of Farming |Charles L. Goodrich

He had been without rest for many nights, and sleep soon bound him in its own clevis and manacles.

The Entailed Hat |George Alfred Townsend

clevis

/ (ˈklɛvɪs) /

the U-shaped component of a shackle for attaching a drawbar to a plough or similar implement

C16: related to cleave 1