Polt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polt is a noun meaning (now dialectal) A hard knock.
Meaning
(now dialectal) A hard knock.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
Example Sentences
1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
Word Forms
- polts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bolt, poler, knocker, knock-about, knock-me-down, pummeler.
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