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drop bolt

drop bolt noun: a bolt that holds a trapdoor shut.

Noun

drop bolt (plural drop bolts)

  1. 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
  2. A bolt that drops into place when let go.

Forms of drop bolt

pluraldrop bolts

Questions about drop bolt

What does drop bolt mean?
Drop bolt means a bolt that holds a trapdoor shut.
What part of speech is drop bolt?
Drop bolt is a noun.
What is the plural of drop bolt?
The plural of drop bolt is drop bolts.

Words near drop bolt in the dictionary

  1. drop bar
  2. drop bars
  3. drop bear
  4. drop bears
  5. drop behind
  6. drop bolt
  7. drop bolts
  8. drop box
  9. drop boxes
  10. drop by
  11. drop cake

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