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hoult

hoult noun: a wood; copse.

Noun

hoult (plural hoults)

  1. (obsolete) A wood; copse.
    • The nearest way seem'd best, o'er hoult and heath / We went, through deserts waste, and forests wide.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book VIII, xii

Forms of hoult

pluralhoults

Origin of hoult

Variant of holt.

Questions about hoult

What does hoult mean?
Hoult means a wood; copse.
What part of speech is hoult?
Hoult is a noun.
What is the plural of hoult?
The plural of hoult is hoults.

Words near hoult in the dictionary

  1. Houles
  2. houlet
  3. houlets
  4. houlihan
  5. houlihans
  6. hoult
  7. Houlton
  8. Houltons
  9. hoults
  10. Houma
  11. hoummos

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