bird boltn.

Brit.

/ˈbəːd bəʊlt/, U.S.

/ˈbərd ˌboʊlt/

Forms:

α. see bird n. and bolt n.¹

β. also 1500s burboulte, 1500s–1600s burbolt.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., bolt n.¹

Etymology: < bird n. + bolt n.¹

Now historical.

A bolt (bolt n.¹ 1) used for shooting birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > bird-bolt

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quarrela1852

bolted arrows1864

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 50 Brydbolt, or burdebolt, epitilium.

a1450 Treat. Falconry (Durham Record Office D/X/76/7) l. 90 in Studier i Modern Språkvetenskap (1972) 4 26 (MED) When þu come þer, tak þi fesaunt and lat a man sit in a buse with þi fesaunt a litill fro þin hawke als fer as þu may schote a brid-bolt.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iij^v He hath in his head. C. Cust. As much braine as a burbolt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 89 To take those things for Bird-bolts, that you deeme Cannon bullets.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 209 The wooden headed bird-bolts of the Middle Ages.

1907 A. M. Tozzer Compar. Study Mayas & Lacandones 59 The bird bolt is made of a hollow reed.

2016 S. Cook Forest Lacandon Maya vi. 316/1 The bird bolt and the foreshaft was made from the wood of the subin.

Compounds

† bird bolt shot n. Obsolete the distance a bird bolt travels when shot from a bow.

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the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot > specific

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bow-draughtc1400

buck-shot1447

flight-shot1455

gun-shot1532

bird bolt shot1570

cannon shot?1571

pistol shot1608

bolt's-shoot1677

rifle shot1803

gun-reach1825

rifle range1830

gun-range1852

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2286/2 Those playnes and downes, where was no wood neare them by a mile, nor hedge neither, but onely one, which was a byrdbolt shot of.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §249 Some Bird-bolt shot, or more, from the River of Seane.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bird bolt
释义	bird boltn. Brit. /ˈbəːd bəʊlt/, U.S. /ˈbərd ˌboʊlt/ Forms: α. see bird n. and bolt n.¹ β. also 1500s burboulte, 1500s–1600s burbolt. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., bolt n.¹ Etymology: < bird n. + bolt n.¹ Now historical. A bolt (bolt n.¹ 1) used for shooting birds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > bird-bolt bird bolt1440 quarrela1852 bolted arrows1864 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 50 Brydbolt, or burdebolt, epitilium. a1450 Treat. Falconry (Durham Record Office D/X/76/7) l. 90 in Studier i Modern Språkvetenskap (1972) 4 26 (MED) When þu come þer, tak þi fesaunt and lat a man sit in a buse with þi fesaunt a litill fro þin hawke als fer as þu may schote a brid-bolt. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iij^v He hath in his head. C. Cust. As much braine as a burbolt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 89 To take those things for Bird-bolts, that you deeme Cannon bullets. View more context for this quotation 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 209 The wooden headed bird-bolts of the Middle Ages. 1907 A. M. Tozzer Compar. Study Mayas & Lacandones 59 The bird bolt is made of a hollow reed. 2016 S. Cook Forest Lacandon Maya vi. 316/1 The bird bolt and the foreshaft was made from the wood of the subin. Compounds † bird bolt shot n. Obsolete the distance a bird bolt travels when shot from a bow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot > specific bowshotc1300 bow-draughtc1400 buck-shot1447 flight-shot1455 gun-shot1532 bird bolt shot1570 cannon shot?1571 pistol shot1608 bolt's-shoot1677 rifle shot1803 gun-reach1825 rifle range1830 gun-range1852 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2286/2 Those playnes and downes, where was no wood neare them by a mile, nor hedge neither, but onely one, which was a byrdbolt shot of. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §249 Some Bird-bolt shot, or more, from the River of Seane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440
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