Colt

See also: colt and colț

English

Etymology

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).

Proper noun

Colt (countable and uncountable, plural Colts)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Noun

Colt (plural Colts)

1. A revolver (gun) (from Colt's Manufacturing Company), associated especially but not exclusively with the American Wild West.
   • 1993, Judith Pella, Frontier Lady (Lone Star Legacy Book #1), Baker Books, →ISBN:

     Only in it she held a derringer in her hand, not a Colt. But that look of disbelief on Leonard's face could not have been more real.

   • 2007, Jory Sherman, The Savage Gun, Penguin, →ISBN:

     He saw the shotgunner stagger into the lingering cloud of smoke. He jumped to his feet before the man could reload and charged toward him. The man dropped his shotgun and clawed for his pistol, a blueblack hole in his left leg, near the groin. John stopped and fired his Colt, aiming for the man's heart. But Luke's left leg gave way and tilted him sideways, so the bullet from John's gun struck his right shoulder, spun him like a top. His pistol slipped from his hand.

   • 2013, Len Levinson, River of Blood, →ISBN:

     His soldier's instinct had him dropping to the ground before he even thought of it, and Captain Hargreaves fired his Colt. The bullet zoomed over Butsko's head and whacked in the chest of the hapless soldier who'd been standing behind him. Butsko rolled over on the ground, stopped, and brought his rifle quickly to his shoulder as Captain Hargreaves fired again, his bullet burrowing in the muck six inches from Butsko's face. Butsko fired at Captain Hargreaves ...

   • 2014, J.R. Roberts, Gundown in Paradise, →ISBN:

     Clint snap-aimed and fired his Colt. The man's stetson whirled off his head. So did part of his skull. The second gunman bounced up and fired a shot at the Gunsmith. The bullet struck the dead flesh of Clint's cover. The Gunsmith fired back and saw a crimson spider appear at the man's shoulder. The gunman groaned and bolted for the side exit. Clint pointed his Colt and squeezed the trigger. The hammer struck the firing pin and drove it into an empty chamber.

Anagrams

• TLOC, clot