Definition of Boltholes

1. Noun. (plural of bolthole) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boltholes

1. bolthole [n] - See also: bolthole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltholes

bolt down
bolt from the blue
bolt of lightning
bolt out
bolt out of the blue
bolt rope
boltable
bolted
boltel
boltels
bolter
bolters
bolthead
boltheads
bolthole
boltholes (current term)
bolti
bolties
bolting
boltings
boltless
boltlike
boltonias
boltonite
boltrope
boltropes
bolts
bolts from the blue
boltsprit
boltwoodite

Literary usage of Boltholes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"neck, X. From this series of brackets it will be seen ti» certain fixed boltholes on the side of the tuo bracket-face could be arranged, so as to come to ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"Two boards may be set to show the angle between the flanges and the positions of boltholes. Vary the angle, of the flanges and set them so that the centers ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"To prevent their mischief, these keyholes or boltholes' are stopped up with a skein of flax. Before the exit is free the ..."

4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1897)
"It seems to me that this throws light on the corrosion around boltholes and the like; the water gets in, and then it destroys the metal around the edge of ..."

5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"To prevent their mischief, these keyholes or boltholes 3 are stopped up with a skein of flax. Before the exit is free the ..."

6. The American Cotton Spinner and Managers' and Carders' Guide: A Practical by Robert H. Baird (1851)
"... and put together by four bolts—this makes them clumsy, and they are apt to break at the boltholes. Couplings put together by six or eight bolts, ..."

7. Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett, Sigvald Johannesson (1922)
"11. Leakage.—The structure should be examined for leaks. Any leaking joints should be re-caulked and leaking boltholes should have the bolts tightened or ..."

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