BOLTS
/bəʊlts/
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WWF
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Definition
/bəʊlts/
noun
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
verb
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.“Bolt the vice to the bench.”
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.“Bolt the door.”
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.“Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.”
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).“to bolt a rabbit”
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
noun
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
verb
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.“Graham flour is unbolted flour.”
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
Source: Wiktionary
