Holt (?),
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
© Webster 1913.
Holt, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr. branch, shoot.]
1.
A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.
"Every
holt and heath."
Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.
2.
A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.
" The fox has gone to
holt."
C. Kingsley.
© Webster 1913.