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bolt-hole
[ bohlt-hohl ]
noun
- a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- a place or avenue of escape or refuge:
The remote mountain village was a safe bolt-hole for refugees during the war.
bolt hole
noun
- a place of escape from danger
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bolt-hole1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
He scuttled through the tortuous windings of the burrow, and through a bolt-hole to the open air.
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A bolt-hole should be of a size to enable the bolt to be pushed in, or, at any rate, not more than gently tapped in.
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There are the two holes at the ends where the doors turned on their pivots, and the bolt-hole in the middle.
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When she comes out again it is as a rabbit comes from a bolt-hole when a ferret is just behind.
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One of these billets was split, and a splinter of curious shape had partially entered a bolt hole.
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