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drop bolts

drop bolts is the plural of drop bolt.

Meaning of drop bolt

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.

Questions about drop bolts

What is drop bolts the plural of?
Drop bolts is the plural of drop bolt.

Words near drop bolts in the dictionary

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

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