Definitions For Holt

Noun

HOLT (plural HOLTs) A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, hoult, , obsolete}}

Etymology

From Middle English holt, from {{inh, en, ang, holt, , forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, hultą, , wood}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *kald-}}, *klād-, , timber, log, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *kola-}}, *klā-, , to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill. Cognate with "branch, shoot, twig", {{cog, sq, shul, , door latch}}. {{doublet, en, hout}}.

Anagrams

HTOL, Loth, loth