boult
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]boult (third-person singular simple present boults, present participle boulting, simple past and past participle boulted)
- Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]boult (plural boults)
- Obsolete form of bolt.
- 1673, M. Randle Cotgrave, A French and English Dictionary:
- A boult for a Cross-bow.
- 1774, 24 March, Stamford Mercury newspaper [1]
- Mr. Cole, Basket-maker […] has lost near 300 boults of rods.