bultn.
/bʊlt/, U.S. /bʊlt/, South African English /bɪlt/, /bʊlt/ South African.
A hillock, ridge.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun]
hoe?c700
rig?c1475
banda1522
ridgea1552
fall1749
dorsum1782
wave1789
spine1796
cuesta1818
bult1852
razorback1874
1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld vii. 96 They [sc. the lions] retreated slowly up the bult.
1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. xii. 371 We crossed the seringa bult at a narrower place.
1901 A. R. R. Turnbull Tales from Natal 149 Hidden from view by a slight bult he was then ascending.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. May 638/1 Dairy cows grazing on a rise or ‘bult’ (as these are called locally).
1946 M. Wilman Check List Flowering Plants Griqualand W. 320 A sturdy, decumbent plant on lime bults.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1852- terrain tide
- terrain vague
- terrain-following radar
- terrainfollowing radar
- terrains
- terral
- terramare
- terramycin
- terran
- terranean
- terraneous
- terrapin
- terrapin farm
- terrapin meat
- terrapin shell
- terrapin state
- terrapin tank
- terrapin-paws
- terrapinpaws
- terrapins
- terraquean
- terraqueous
- terraqueous globe
- terrar
- terraria