drop bolt en · NOUN
Meanings
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A bolt that holds a trapdoor shut.
Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9:
- A bolt that drops into place when let go.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drop bolts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |