Definitions
Metal fastener, flash of lightning, or sudden run.
Word origin
From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti.
Used in a sentence
“There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.”
“He shall to prison, and there die in boults.”
“Away with him to prison! Lay bolts enough upon him:”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Flash of lightning”4 letters
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