Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltings
Literary usage of Boltings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester by Thomas Rudge (1807)
"A statute acre will produce from three to four thraves of sheaves, «r "boltings,"
of straw, each bolting weighing twenty-four pounds. ..."
2. Should Our Railways be Nationalised? by William Cunningham (1906)
"But a great many of our farmers send their hay in boltings (that is, ... It takes
two trucks to carry the two tons of hay or sti'aw boltings or bundles, ..."
3. London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State by Reuben Percy, Sholto Percy (1824)
"It is in allusion to these boltings, or arguing of cases, that Shakspeare says, "
He is ill school'd In ..."
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