dogbolt
1 of 3noun (1)
dog·bolt
archaic
: wretched fellow : mean contemptible person
dogbolt
2 of 3noun (2)
"
1
: a long slim bolt for uniting two parts at right angles or for securing girders to a supporting post by being driven through one piece then bent and driven into the other
2
: a bolt used to hold the work in machining
dogbolt
3 of 3transitive verb
"
: to secure with a dogbolt
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English doggebolde, perhaps from dogge dog + bolde bold
Noun (2)
dog entry 1 + bolt
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1810, in the meaning defined above