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birdbolt

birdbolt noun: a short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Noun

birdbolt (plural birdbolts)

  1. A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that smites without penetrating.
    • To be generous, / guiltless and of free disposition, is to take those / things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets:c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 5, lines 86–88

Forms of birdbolt

pluralbirdbolts
alternative formbird-bolt

Origin of birdbolt

From bird + bolt.

Questions about birdbolt

What does birdbolt mean?
Birdbolt means a short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
What part of speech is birdbolt?
Birdbolt is a noun.
What is the plural of birdbolt?
The plural of birdbolt is birdbolts.

Words near birdbolt in the dictionary

  1. birdbander
  2. birdbanders
  3. birdbanding
  4. birdbath
  5. birdbaths
  6. birdbolt
  7. birdbolts
  8. birdbox
  9. birdboxes
  10. birdbrain
  11. birdbrained

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