in the "pro" wrestling (read:fake), a turnbuckle is the piece in each of the four corners of the ring (like how they call a 4 sided-object a ring) that holds the ropes together.
George "The Animal" Steele, was a very strange person, who was very hairy and would come out with a green tongue and chew on the turnbuckle. He's actually an English professor and has a PHD, but in wrestling circles he professed not to speak.
Interesting? Maybe not....but I thought I'd let you know.
