spring bolt
noun
: a bolt retracted by pressure and shot by a spring when the pressure is released
Word History
First Known Use
1634, in the meaning defined above
- rattlesnake root
- rattlesnake violet
- rattlesnake weed
- rattlesnake-bite
- rattlesnakes
- rattletops
- rattletrap
- rattletraps
- rattlety-bang
- rattleweed
- rattlier
- rattliest
- rattling
- rattling around
- rattling off
- rattling on
- rattling through
- rattlingly
- rattlings
- rattly
- ratton
- rattons
- rattooned
- rattooning
- rattoons