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Definition of Dogbolt
1. n. The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Definition of Dogbolt
1. Noun. The bolt of the capsquare over the trunnion of a cannon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogbolt
1. a type of arrow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogbolt
Literary usage of Dogbolt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"An iron hook or bar with n sharp fang is called a dog or dogbolt. dogbolt is ¡i
tenu of reproach in ..."
2. The Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509 by James Gairdner (1904)
"... Ms. * The old word ' dogbolt ' seems to have meant a servile follower, or one
bound to wait the commands of another. Thus in Lilly's Tragicall Comedie ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... immaculate Bishop dogbolt to some rude, self-helping, sharp- tongued Apostle
Paul! Under which view, indeed, ..."
4. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"Considering these things, how mournful would it have seemed to Paul that Bishop
dogbolt could not get translated, because of Politics ; and the too ..."
5. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"7 ; Lyly's words are perhaps from some medical treatise. 8. dogbolt: contemptible
fellow, mere tool. Cf. NED sv 22. ..."
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